CMOS colpitts quadrature VCO using the body injection-locked coupling technique

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 230-232

  Jang, Sheng Lyang ^a   Huang, Shin Hsin ^a   Liu, Cheng Chen ^a   Juang, Miin Horng ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Body injection locked oscillators; CMOS; Quadrature voltage controlled oscillator (QVCO)

Indexed keywords

BODY INJECTION-LOCKED OSCILLATORS; CMOS; CMOS COLPITTS; CMOS TECHNOLOGIES; COMPLEMENTARY COLPITTS; COUPLING TECHNIQUES; DIE AREAS; DIFFERENTIAL VCO; FIGURE OF MERITS; FREQUENCY OFFSETS; LOW PHASE NOISE; N-MOSFETS; OSCILLATION FREQUENCIES; QUADRATURE VCO; QUADRATURE VOLTAGE-CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR (QVCO); SUPPLY VOLTAGES; TOTAL POWER CONSUMPTION; TUNING VOLTAGES; VOLTAGE-CONTROLLED OSCILLATORS;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; FREQUENCY ALLOCATION; PHASE NOISE;

VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

EID: 64249118804     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2009.2015506     Document Type: Article

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