A 5665 GHz injection-locked frequency tripler with quadrature outputs in 90-nm CMOS

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2739-2746

  Chan, Wei L ^a   Long, John R ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Frequency tripler; Injection locked; Millimeter wave; Quadrature voltage controlled oscillator; Regenerative peaking; Wide locking range

Indexed keywords

CONTROL THEORY; ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; FEEDBACK; FREQUENCY TRIPLERS; MILLIMETER WAVES;

INJECTION-LOCKED; MILLIMETER- WAVE; QUADRATURE VOLTAGE-CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR; REGENERATIVE PEAKING; WIDE LOCKING RANGE;

OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC);

EID: 58049211874     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2008.2004869     Document Type: Conference Paper

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