A CMOS multi-phase injection-locked frequency divider for V-band operation

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 239-241

  Farazian, Mohammad ^a   Gudem, Prasad S ^b   Larson, Lawrence E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b QUALCOMM INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Frequency divider (FD); Inductor less design methodology; Injection locking; Locking range; Ring oscillator; Self resonance frequency (SRF)

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY DIVIDER (FD); INDUCTOR-LESS DESIGN METHODOLOGY; INJECTION-LOCKING; LOCKING RANGE; RING-OSCILLATOR; SELF-RESONANCE FREQUENCY (SRF);

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; NATURAL FREQUENCIES;

FREQUENCY DIVIDING CIRCUITS;

EID: 64249123132     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2009.2015509     Document Type: Article

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