Analysis and design of injection-locked LC dividers for quadrature generation

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1425-1433

  Mazzanti, Andrea ^a   Uggetti, Paola ^b   Svelto, Francesco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Direct conversion; Frequency dividers; Injection locking; Phase noise; Quadrature; RF CMOS; RF receivers; UMTS; Voltage controlled oscillators (VCO)

Indexed keywords

DIRECT CONVERSION; INJECTION LOCKING; PHASE NOISE; QUADRATURE GENERATION; RF CMOS; RF RECEIVERS; UMTS; UNIVERSAL MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS (UMTS);

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC FREQUENCY CONTROL; GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; PHASE LOCKED LOOPS; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

FREQUENCY DIVIDING CIRCUITS;

EID: 4444283145     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2004.831596     Document Type: Conference Paper

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