13 GHz CMOS active inductor LC VCO

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 138-140

  Zito, Domenico ^a,b   Pepe, Domenico ^b   Fonte, Alessandro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Active inductor; CMOS; microwave radiometer; phase noise; RF; voltage controlled oscillator (VCO)

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE INDUCTORS; CMOS; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; RF; VOLTAGE CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR (VCO);

CIRCUIT OSCILLATIONS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; FREQUENCY ALLOCATION; MICROELECTRONICS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MOSFET DEVICES; PHASE NOISE; POWER INDUCTORS;

VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

EID: 84858449387     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2012.2183633     Document Type: Article

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