A novel ring-based triple-push 0.2-to-34 GHz VCO in 0.13-μm CMOS technology

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 347-350

  Li, Chao Chieh ^a   Chen, Chung Chun ^a   Huang, Bo Jr ^a   Huang, Pin Cheng ^a   Lin, Kun You ^a   Wang, Huei ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

CMOS; Oscillator; Triple push; Tuning range; VCO; Wideband

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS; MICROWAVES; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); TUNING;

CMOS; OSCILLATOR; TRIPLE-PUSH; TUNING RANGE; VCO; WIDEBAND;

VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

EID: 57349120063     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWSYM.2008.4633174     Document Type: Conference Paper

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