Injection-locking-based power and speed optimization of CML dividers

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 565-569

  Zhou, Chunyuan ^a   Zhang, Lei ^a   Zhang, Li ^a   Wang, Yan ^a   Yu, Zhiping ^a   Qian, He ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS); current mode logic (CML) dividers; high frequency; injection locking; low power; wide locking range (LR)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CIRCUITS; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; EMITTER COUPLED LOGIC CIRCUITS; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; METALS; MOS DEVICES; OXIDE SEMICONDUCTORS; TRANSISTORS;

COMPLEMENTARY METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTORS; CURRENT MODE LOGIC; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; INJECTION-LOCKING; LOW POWER; WIDE LOCKING RANGE;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 80052880617     PISSN: 15497747     EISSN: 15583791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSII.2011.2161163     Document Type: Article

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