A fully differential LC-VCO using a new varactor control structure

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 410-412

  Moon, Hyunwon ^a   Kang, Sungweon ^b   Kim, Youn Tae ^b   Lee, Kwyro ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Differentially tuned varactor; Phase noise; Voltage controlled oscillator (VCO)

Indexed keywords

COMMON-MODE REJECTION RATIO (CMMR); DIFFERENTIALLY-TUNED VARACTORS; NOISE SIGNALS; PHASE NOISE;

ANODES; EDDY CURRENTS; ELECTRIC INDUCTORS; FABRICATION; MOS DEVICES; RADIO; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; VARACTORS;

VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

EID: 4444312229     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2004.832061     Document Type: Article

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