• DocumentCode
    383603
  • Title

    A low-voltage quadrature log-domain oscillator

  • Author

    Fragoulis, N. ; Haritantis, I.

  • Author_Institution
    Electron. Lab., Patras Univ., Greece
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    2002
  • Firstpage
    101
  • Abstract
    A new quadrature oscillator is proposed in bipolar technology. It exploits the exponential nature of bipolar transistors and thus it is suitable for low distortion operation at low supply voltage. The resulting circuits are very simple in structure and easy to design. The frequency of oscillation can be linearly controlled by the bias current. Simulation results in SPICE are given.
  • Keywords
    bipolar analogue integrated circuits; circuit tuning; feedback oscillators; network synthesis; radiofrequency oscillators; variable-frequency oscillators; LV quadrature log-domain oscillator; active-C blocks; bias current; bipolar technology; circuit synthesis method; low distortion operation; low supply voltage; low-voltage oscillator; oscillation frequency control; wave method; Circuit simulation; Circuit synthesis; Design methodology; Equivalent circuits; Frequency; Linearity; Low voltage; MOSFET circuits; Nonlinear filters; Oscillators;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Electronics, Circuits and Systems, 2002. 9th International Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7596-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICECS.2002.1045343
  • Filename
    1045343