A 60 GHz injection-locked frequency tripler with spur suppression

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 560-562

  Kuo, Chien Nan ^a   Yan, Tzu Chao ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Capacitive cross coupling; frequency tripler; injection locking; notch filter

Indexed keywords

CAPACITIVE CROSS-COUPLING; CIRCUIT DESIGNS; CMOS TECHNOLOGY; CORE CIRCUIT; CROSS-COUPLED; ENTIRE DIE; HARMONIC CURRENT INJECTION; HARMONIC CURRENTS; HARMONIC REJECTION; INJECTION LOCKED; INJECTION-LOCKING; INPUT SIGNAL; SECOND ORDERS; SPECTRAL PURITY; SUPPLY VOLTAGES; THIRD-ORDER;

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; COUPLED CIRCUITS; FREQUENCY TRIPLERS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE;

NOTCH FILTERS;

EID: 77957789942     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2010.2060260     Document Type: Article

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