HBAR-Based 3.6 GHz oscillator with low power consumption and low phase noise

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 400-403

  Yu, Hongyu ^a   Lee, Chuang Yuan ^b   Pang, Wei ^c   Zhang, Hao ^d   Brannon, Alan ^e   Kitching, John ^f   Kim, Eun Sok ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BROADCOM CORPORATION   (United States)

^d SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS INC   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLAN DEVIATIONS; FREE-RUNNING OSCILLATORS; HIGH-OVERTONE BULK ACOUSTIC RESONATORS; IN CHIPS; INTEGRATION TIME; LOW PHASE NOISE; LOW-POWER CONSUMPTION; POWER CONSUMPTION;

ACOUSTIC RESONATORS; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; FREQUENCY STANDARDS; PHASE NOISE;

OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC);

EID: 62349116526     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2009.1050     Document Type: Article

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