Finding the tuning curve of a CMOS - LC VCO

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 887-891

  Buonomo, Antonio ^a   Lo Schiavo, Alessandro ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Analog integrated circuits; Nonlinear analysis; Oscillators; Sensitivity analysis; Tuning curve; Varactors; Voltage controlled oscillators (VCOs)

Indexed keywords

ANALOG INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; CIRCUIT OSCILLATIONS; CIRCUIT SIMULATION; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; NONLINEAR ANALYSIS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); OSCILLISTORS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VARACTORS; VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

APPROXIMATE PERIODIC SOLUTIONS; CLOSED-FORM EXPRESSION; EXPLICIT FORM; NON-LINEAR PERTURBATION MODEL; NONLINEAR EFFECT; OSCILLATION FREQUENCY; SECOND-ORDER DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION; TUNING CURVE;

TUNING;

EID: 51649099934     PISSN: 15497747     EISSN: 15583791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSII.2008.923422     Document Type: Article

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