A nonlinear transient analysis of regenerative frequency dividers

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2646-2660

  Sengupta, Kaushik ^a   Bhattacharyya, T K ^a   Hashemi, Hossein ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b University of Southern California   (United States)

Author keywords

Analog circuits; Divider circuits; Frequency synthesizers; Nonlinear circuits; Nonlinear network analysis; Nonlinear oscillators

Indexed keywords

ANALOG CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY DIVIDING CIRCUITS; FREQUENCY SYNTHESIZERS; NONLINEAR ANALYSIS; NONLINEAR NETWORK ANALYSIS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

CLOSED-FORM EXPRESSION; DIVIDER CIRCUITS; INJECTION-LOCKED DIVIDER; NON-LINEAR OSCILLATORS; NONLINEAR CIRCUIT; NONLINEAR TRANSIENT ANALYSIS; REGENERATIVE DIVIDER; REGENERATIVE FREQUENCY DIVIDER;

TRANSIENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 56349164258     PISSN: 10577122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSI.2007.906067     Document Type: Article

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