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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… (More)
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2011
2011
A 45-GHz Rotary-Wave Voltage-Controlled Oscillator
A millimeter-wave rotary-wave oscillator (RWO) is presented that hybridizes standing- and traveling-wave behavior. This paper… (More)
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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… (More)
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2007
Highly Cited
2007
Millimeter-Wave Voltage-Controlled Oscillators in 0.13- m CMOS Technology
This paper describes the design of CMOS millimeterwave voltage controlled oscillators. Varactor, transistor, and inductor designs… (More)
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2005
Highly Cited
2005
A low-phase-noise and low-power multiband CMOS voltage-controlled oscillator
A low voltage multiband all-pMOS VCO was fabricated in a 0.18-/spl mu/m CMOS process. By using a combination of inductor and… (More)
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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… (More)
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2001
Highly Cited
2001
A Filtering Technique to Lower LC Oscillator Phase Noise
Based on a physical understanding of phase-noise mechanisms, a passive LC filter is found to lower the phase-noise factor in a… (More)
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Review
2000
Review
2000
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… (More)
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1999
Highly Cited
1999
A 6.5 GHz monolithic CMOS voltage-controlled oscillator
  • Ting-Ping Liu
  • 1999 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits…
  • 1999
Phase noise and frequency tuning range are key performance parameters of high-frequency voltage-controlled oscillators (VCOs). To… (More)
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1997
Highly Cited
1997
A 1.8 GHz CMOS voltage-controlled oscillator
  • B.. Razavi
  • 1997 IEEE International Solids-State Circuits…
  • 1997
This paper describes the factors that limit the tuning range of monolithic LC voltage-controlled oscillators (VCOs), especially… (More)
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1997
1997
SP 23.6: A 1.8GHz CMOS Voltage-Controlled Oscillator
This paper describes the factors that limit the tuning range of monolithic LC voltage-controlled oscillators (VCOs), especially… (More)
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