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A 1.2 GHz CMOS quadrature self-oscillating mixer

Bendak et al., 1999

Document ID
8104926094054176988
Author
Bendak M
Xavier B
Chau P
Publication year
Publication venue
1999 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS)

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This paper presents a quadrature self-oscillating mixer (SOM) that has been fabricated in a 0.6/spl mu/m CMOS process. The technique used to achieve self-oscillation involves merging the mixer and oscillator functions into a single circuit rather than stacking the two …
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