A 1.2-mW CMOS frequency synthesizer with fully-integrated LC VCO for 400-MHz medical implantable transceivers

Digest of Papers - IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 333-336

  Italia, Alessandro ^a   Palmisano, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; Frequency synthesizers; Implantable biomedical devices; Low power circuits; Medical services; Phase locked loops (PLLS)

Indexed keywords

CMOS TECHNOLOGY; IMPLANTABLE BIOMEDICAL DEVICES; INTEGER-N; LOW POWER; LOW-POWER CIRCUITS; MEDICAL SERVICES; OFFSET FREQUENCIES; PHASE-LOCKED LOOPS (PLLS); POWER CONSUMPTION; REFERENCE SPUR; SETTLING TIME;

DELAY CIRCUITS; DIGITAL INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; FREQUENCY SYNTHESIZERS; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; LUMPED PARAMETER NETWORKS; MOS CAPACITORS; PHASE LOCKED LOOPS; RADIO; RADIO WAVES; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; TRANSCEIVERS; VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 70350241372     PISSN: 15292517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/RFIC.2009.5135552     Document Type: Conference Paper

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