60GHz VCOs with transmission line resonator in a 0.25μm SiGe BiCMOS technology

Digest of Papers - IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 119-122

  Veenstra, H ^a   Notten, M G M ^a  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

LC VCO; Oscillator pulling; Shorted stubs; Substrate interference; Transmission lines

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; DIGITAL INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC INDUCTORS; ELECTRIC LINES; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); POWER TRANSMISSION; RADIO WAVES; RESONATORS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; TECHNOLOGY; TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY; VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

BI-CMOS PROCESS; CMOS TECHNOLOGIES; INTERFERENCE LEVEL; LC-VCO; OSCILLATOR PULLING; POWER LEVELING; QUALITY FACTOR; RADIO FREQUENCY INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; SELF-RESONANT FREQUENCY; SHORTED STUBS; SIGE BICMOS TECHNOLOGY; SPIRAL INDUCTORS; SUBSTRATE INTERFERENCE; TRANSMISSION LINE; TRANSMISSION LINES; TRANSMISSION-LINE RESONATORS;

BICMOS TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 51849160330     PISSN: 15292517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/RFIC.2008.4561399     Document Type: Conference Paper

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