Gm-Boosted VCO with low power consumption and large tuning range

European Microwave Week 2007 Conference Proceedings, EuMW 2007 - 10th European Conference on Wireless Technology, ECWT 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 288-291

  Ußmüller, Thomas ^a   Seemann, Kay ^a   Weigel, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

CMOS analog integrated circuits; Microwave FET oscillators; Microwave integrated circuits; Microwave oscillators; Monolithic integrated circuits; Voltage controlled oscillators

Indexed keywords

MICROWAVES; TECHNOLOGY;

CMOS ANALOG INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; COLPITTS OSCILLATORS; DC VOLTAGES; DESIGN GOALS; EUROPEAN; GATE CONFIGURATION; L-C TANK; LOW-POWER CONSUMPTION; MICROWAVE FET OSCILLATORS; MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; PHASE-NOISE; VOLTAGE CONTROLLED OSCILLATORS; VOLTAGE-CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR; WIDE TUNING RANGE; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES;

OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC);

EID: 48149106781     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ECWT.2007.4404003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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