Phase noise and fundamental sensitivity of oscillator-based reactance sensors

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2215-2229

  Wang, Hua ^a,b   Weng, Ching Chih ^a,c   Hajimiri, Ali ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c FACEBOOK   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical and biological sensors; CMOS integrated circuits; digital filters; frequency measurement; frequency stability; magnetic sensors; medical diagnosis; microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) sensors; noise cancellation; noise filtering; oscillator phase noise

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; CHEMICAL STABILITY; DIAGNOSIS; DIGITAL FILTERS; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MAGNETIC SENSORS; MEMS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); PHASE NOISE; SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY; TIMING CIRCUITS;

CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SENSORS; DOUBLE COUNTING; FREQUENCY MEASUREMENTS; INTERLEAVINGS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM SENSORS; NOISE CANCELLATION; NOISE FILTERING; NOISE SUPPRESSION; OSCILLATOR PHASE NOISE; PHASE-NOISE;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 84877734798     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2013.2256142     Document Type: Article

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