Title :
CMOS VHF/RF CCO based on active inductors
Author :
Wu, Y. ; Ismail, M. ; Olsson, H.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH, USA
fDate :
4/12/2001 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A novel CMOS current controlled oscillator (CCO) is proposed. Based on the current-reused active inductors, a differential oscillator has been designed and fabricated. Measurement results show that it has very wide tuning-range and reasonable phase-noise performance
Keywords :
CMOS analogue integrated circuits; inductors; phase noise; radiofrequency oscillators; variable-frequency oscillators; CMOS current controlled oscillator; RF oscillators; VHF oscillators; current-reused active inductors; differential oscillator; phase-noise performance; wide tuning-range;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20010347
