Injection-locked CMOS frequency doublers for μ-wave and mm-wave applications

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1565-1574

  Monaco, Enrico ^a   Pozzoni, Massimo ^b   Svelto, Francesco ^c   Mazzanti, Andrea ^c  

^a SCUOLA UNIVERSITARIA SUPERIORE IUSS PAVIA   (Italy)

^b STMICROELECTRONICS   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Frequency doubler; frequency multiplier; injection locking; microwaves; millimeter waves; mmw; push push

Indexed keywords

65NM CMOS TECHNOLOGY; BROAD FREQUENCY RANGE; CMOS NODES; DIFFERENTIAL OSCILLATORS; DIFFERENTIAL OUTPUT; DOUBLE FREQUENCY; FREQUENCY MULTIPLIER; FREQUENCY TUNING RANGE; HIGH-FREQUENCY APPLICATIONS; INJECTION LOCKED; INJECTION LOCKED FREQUENCY DOUBLER; INJECTION-LOCKING; INPUT SIGNAL; KU-BAND; LC TANKS; MM-WAVE APPLICATION; MMW; ON CHIPS; OPERATION BANDWIDTH; PASSIVE COMPONENTS; PEAK VOLTAGE; POWER DISSIPATION; PUSH-PUSH; SPECTRAL PURITY; TUNING RANGES; VARIABLE CAPACITOR; VOLTAGE CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; FREQUENCY DOUBLERS; FREQUENCY STANDARDS; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; MILLIMETER WAVES; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; RADIO WAVES; TUNING;

VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

EID: 77955151167     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2010.2049780     Document Type: Conference Paper

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