The effect of varactor non-linearity on the phase noise of a completely integrated 1.8 GHz VCO
- 20 January 2003
- proceedings article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Abstract
This work discusses variations in phase noise over the tuning range. The circuit has a phase noise of /spl sim/101 dBc/Hz at 100 kHz offset, and delivers -2 dBm differentially. Calculations predict phase noise with only a small error.Keywords
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