A 25-MHz self-referenced solid-state frequency source suitable for XO-replacement

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 943-956

  McCorquodale, Micahel S ^a   Carichene, Gordon A ^a   O'Day, Justine D ^a   Pernia, Scott M ^a   Kubba, Sundus ^b,c   Marsman, Eric D ^a   Kuhn, Jonathan J ^a   Brown, Richard B ^d  

^a Mobius Microsystems   (United States)

^b Design Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Clocks; CMOSFET oscillators; Piezoelectric resonator oscillators; Voltage controlled oscillators (VCOs)

Indexed keywords

CIRCUIT OSCILLATIONS; CLOCKS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; INTERFACE STATES; OSCILLISTORS; SOLID STATE OSCILLATORS;

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; CMOSFET OSCILLATORS; COMPENSATION TECHNIQUES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; EXTERNAL COMPONENTS; PIEZOELECTRIC RESONATORS; POWER SUPPLY VOLTAGE; TEMPERATURE COMPENSATED;

CRYSTAL OSCILLATORS;

EID: 67649341506     PISSN: 10577122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSI.2009.2016133     Document Type: Conference Paper

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