An 11.5% frequency tuning, -184 dBc/Hz noise FOM 54 GHz VCO

Digest of Papers - IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 657-660

  Bozzola, S ^a   Guermandi, D ^b   Mazzanti, A ^c   Svelto, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b STMICROELECTRONICS   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

I MOS varactor; Mm wave; Voltage controlled oscillator

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; DIGITAL INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; RADIO WAVES; VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

ANALOG TUNING; CAPACITANCE TUNING; FREQUENCY TUNING; I-MOS VARACTOR; IN-BAND; INVERSION MODES; LOW AREA; MEAS URED RESULTS; MM-WAVE; MM-WAVE APPLICATIONS; PHASE-NOISE; POWER CONSUMPTION; RADIO FREQUENCY INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; VOLTAGE CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR;

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EID: 52149089646     PISSN: 15292517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/RFIC.2008.4561523     Document Type: Conference Paper

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