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Voltage-controlled oscillator

Known as: TCVCXO, Voltage controlled oscillator, VCXO 
A voltage-controlled oscillator or VCO is an electronic oscillator whose oscillation frequency is controlled by a voltage input. The applied input… 
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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Analysis and Design of Voltage-Controlled Oscillator Based Analog-to-Digital Converter
A voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) based analog-to-digital converter (ADC) is a time-based architecture with a first-order… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
23.4 A Filtering Technique to Lower Oscillator Phase Noise
Wireless applications are pushing the required phase noise in integrated oscillators to ever lower levels. Integrated oscillator… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Transformer-Based Dual-Mode Voltage-Controlled Oscillators
In this brief, we propose to use a transformer-based resonator to build a dual-mode oscillator, e.g., a system capable of… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
A 77-GHz Phased-Array Transceiver With On-Chip Antennas in Silicon: Transmitter and Local LO-Path Phase Shifting
Integration of mm-wave multiple-antenna systems on silicon-based processes enables complex, low-cost systems for high-frequency… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
A noise-shifting differential Colpitts VCO
A novel noise-shifting differential Colpitts VCO is presented. It uses current switching to lower phase noise by cyclostationary… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Silicon-based distributed voltage-controlled oscillators
Distributed voltage-controlled oscillators (DVCOs) are presented as a new approach to the design of silicon VCOs at microwave… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Low-power low-phase-noise differentially tuned quadrature VCO design in standard CMOS
  • M. Tiebout
  • IEEE J. Solid State Circuits
  • 2001
  • Corpus ID: 5988790
This paper describes the design and optimization of VCOs with quadrature outputs. Systematic design of fully integrated LC-VCOs… 
Review
1999
Review
1999
Integrated GHz Voltage Controlled Oscillators
The voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) is a critical sub-block in communications transceivers. The role of the VCO in a… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
A fully integrated CMOS DCS-1800 frequency synthesizer
This design integrates a 4/sup th/ order type-2 charge-pump PLL frequency synthesizer for the DCS-1800 system in a standard 0.4… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
A 1.8 GHz CMOS voltage-controlled oscillator
  • B. Razavi
  • IEEE International Solids-State Circuits…
  • 1997
  • Corpus ID: 42172504
This paper describes the factors that limit the tuning range of monolithic LC voltage-controlled oscillators (VCOs), especially… 
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