A 49-to-62GHz CMOS quadrature VCO with bimodal enhanced magnetic tuning

European Solid-State Circuits Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 297-300

  Wu, Liang ^a   Luong, Howard C ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CMOS PROCESSS; CONTINUOUS TUNING RANGE; COUPLING CURRENTS; FREQUENCY TUNING RANGE; INTRINSIC MODES; MAGNETIC TUNING; MILLIMETER-WAVE OSCILLATORS; QUADRATURE VCO; ULTRA-WIDE;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; TUNING;

VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

EID: 84870834587     PISSN: 19308833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ESSCIRC.2012.6341313     Document Type: Conference Paper

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