A single-PLL UWB frequency synthesizer using multiphase coupled ring oscillator and current-reused multiplier

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 107-111

  Chang, Jung Yu ^a   Fan, Che Wei ^a   Liang, Che Fu ^a   Liu, Shen Iuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Current reused; Multiply by 1.5 circuit; Phase locked loop (PLL); Ring oscillator; Ultrawideband (UWB)

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY MULTIPLYING CIRCUITS; FREQUENCY SYNTHESIZERS; ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); PHASE LOCKED LOOPS;

CURRENT-REUSED; MULTI-BAND ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; PHASE LOCKED LOOP (PLL); RING OSCILLATOR; SINGLE PHASE; SUPPLY VOLTAGES; SWITCHING TIME; ULTRAWIDEBAND SYSTEMS;

ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

EID: 62749191175     PISSN: 15497747     EISSN: 15583791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSII.2008.2010181     Document Type: Article

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