A low-noise quadrature VCO based on magnetically coupled resonators and a wideband frequency divider at millimeter waves

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2943-2955

  Decanis, Ugo ^a   Ghilioni, Andrea ^a   Monaco, Enrico ^b,c   Mazzanti, Andrea ^a   Svelto, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c SCUOLA UNIVERSITARIA SUPERIORE IUSS PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

CMOS; direct conversion; frequency divider; low phase noise; low k transformer; millimeter wave; quadrature voltage controlled oscillator (VCO)

Indexed keywords

CMOS; DIRECT CONVERSION; FREQUENCY DIVIDERS; LOW PHASE NOISE; LOW-K TRANSFORMER; QUADRATURE VOLTAGE CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR;

COUPLED CIRCUITS; DIFFERENTIAL AMPLIFIERS; FREQUENCY DIVIDING CIRCUITS; MILLIMETER WAVES; OSCILLISTORS; PHASE NOISE; VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS; VOLTAGE DIVIDERS;

HIGH FREQUENCY AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 82155173488     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2011.2162468     Document Type: Conference Paper

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