@inproceedings{fe4fc90bc8f54ca9ac642fc3e50038a8,
title = "Class AB CMOS active transformer voltage-controlled oscillators",
abstract = "This paper presents class AB CMOS active transformers synthesized using MOS transistors only and their applications in voltage-controlled oscillators. It is shown that the class AB active transformer VCO exhibits lower phase noise than class A transformer configurations. Simulation results of self and mutual inductance, impedance, and phase noise of class A and class AB active transformer oscillators are presented. The phase noise of the designed 1.6 GHz class AB active transformer VCO in TSMC-0.18μm 1.8V CMOS technology is -122.9 dBc/Hz at a 1 MHz offset the carrier and is comparable to that of VCOs with passive spiral inductors.",
keywords = "Active inductor, Active transformer, LC oscillator",
author = "A. Tang and F. Yuan and E. Law",
year = "2007",
doi = "10.1109/ISSSE.2007.4294523",
language = "English",
isbn = "1424414490",
series = "Conference Proceedings of the International Symposium on Signals, Systems and Electronics",
pages = "501--504",
booktitle = "2007 International Symposium on Signals, Systems, and Electronics, URSI ISSSE 2007",
note = "2007 International Symposium on Signals, Systems and Electronics, URSI ISSSE 2007 ; Conference date: 30-07-2007 Through 02-08-2007",
}