Modeling and simulation of micro electromechanical (MEM) beam resonator-based oscillators

Proceedings - IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1324-1327

  Nabki, Frederic ^a   El Gamal, Mourad N ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL RESONATORS; GAIN CONTROL; MACHINE DESIGN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTIMIZATION; RESONATORS; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM; NON-LINEAR EFFECTS; RESONANT FREQUENCIES; SIMULATION RESULTS;

ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES;

EID: 51749086002     PISSN: 02714310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISCAS.2008.4541670     Document Type: Conference Paper

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