Transformer-based Design Techniques for Oscillators and Frequency Dividers

This book describes in-depth transformer-based design techniques that enable CMOS oscillators and frequency dividers to achieve state-of-the-art performance. Readers are enabled to design for low supply voltage, low power consumption, acceptable phase noise, high operation frequencies, and wide frequency tuning range and locking range. Design, optimization, and measured performance of various oscillators and dividers for different applications are discussed in detail, focusing on not only ultra-low supply voltage but also ultra-wide frequency tuning range and locking range, at very high frequencies. This book is an invaluable reference for anyone working or interested in CMOS radio-frequency or mm-Wave integrated circuits and systems for wireless applications.

Since September 1994, Howard Luong has joined the EEE faculty at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology where he is a professor. Kevin Jun Yin is a Postdoc Researcher at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.