The evolution of wireless communication points to increasing demands on throughput for
data-intensive applications in modern society. Integrated millimeter-wave systems with …

This brief overviews the development of high-performance single-core voltage-controlled
oscillators (VCOs) employing a multi-LC tank over the past two decades. From the circuit …

A harmonic oscillator topology displaying an improved phase noise performance is
introduced in this paper. Exploiting the advantages yielded by operating the core transistors …

An oscillator topology demonstrating an improved phase noise performance is proposed in
this paper. It exploits the time-variant phase noise model with insights into the phase noise …

In this paper, we propose a method to reduce a flicker (1/f) noise upconversion in voltage-
biased RF oscillators. Excited by a harmonically rich tank current, a typical oscillation …

As new applications impose jitter values in the range of a few tens of femtoseconds, the
design of phase-locked loops faces daunting challenges. This paper derives basic relations …

The new edition of the leading resource on designing digital frequency synthesizers from
microwave and wireless applications, fully updated to reflect the most modern integrated …

This paper presents two class-C CMOS VCOs with a dynamic bias of the core transistors,
which maximizes the oscillation amplitude without compromising the robustness of the …

A deep understanding of how to reduce flicker phase noise (PN) in oscillators is critical in
supporting ultra-low PN frequency generation for the advanced communications and other …

This paper presents a magnetically tuned (MT) multimode VCO featuring an ultrawide
frequency tuning range. A switched-triple-shielded transformer is proposed to change the …