Phase error calibration technique for rotary traveling wave oscillators

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2433-2444

  Takinami, Koji ^a   Walsworth, Rich ^b  

^a PANASONIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b MultiGig Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Adler's equation; injection locking; multi phase; phase error; quadrature generation; quadrature signals; rotary traveling wave

Indexed keywords

ADLER'S EQUATION; INJECTION LOCKING; MULTI-PHASE; PHASE ERROR; QUADRATURE GENERATION; QUADRATURE SIGNAL; TRAVELING WAVE;

CALIBRATION; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC);

EID: 77958545424     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2010.2067930     Document Type: Conference Paper

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