A low power, startup ensured and constant amplitude class-C VCO in 0.18 μm CMOS

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 427-429

  Chen, Jian ^a   Jonsson, Fredrik ^a   Carlsson, Mats ^b   Hedenäs, Charlotta ^b   Zheng, Li Rong ^a,c  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b Catena Wireless Electronics AB   (Sweden)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Class C; current shaping; phase noise; pulse wave; startup; voltage controlled oscillator (VCO)

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE CONTROL LOOPS; CLASS-C; CMOS PROCESSS; CONSTANT AMPLITUDE; INHERENT RISK; LOW POWER; OPTIMAL POINTS; PROCESS , VOLTAGE AND TEMPERATURES; PULSE WAVE; TUNING RANGES; VOLTAGE CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR; VOLTAGE CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR (VCO);

CIRCUIT OSCILLATIONS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; PHASE NOISE;

VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

EID: 80051788038     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2011.2160620     Document Type: Article

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