Voltage-controlled oscillator
US9742352B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 1, 2016 |
| Grant date | Aug 22, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 1, 2036 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH03B2200/0034
- WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A voltage-controlled oscillator includes two first inductors having a common node, two varactors respectively coupled to the first inductors, a cross-connected pair coupled to the first inductors, and a reversely tunable source degeneration module coupled to the cross-connected pair. The reversely tunable source degeneration module cooperates with the cross-connected pair to form a negative equivalent capacitance seen into the cross-connected pair from the common node of cross-connected pair and each first inductor. An oscillatory signal pair is provided at the first terminals of the first and second transistors.
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