文档介绍：LOW PHASE NOISE VOLTAGE-CONTROLLED
OSCILLATOR DESIGN
by
ZHIPENG ZHU
Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of
The University of Texas at Arlington in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements
for the Degree of
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON
August 2005
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
First of all, I would like to thank my research advisor Prof. Ronald L. Carter for
teaching me how to conduct serious research and how to clearly and effectively present
my work, and for the invaluable support he has provided during the course of the study
at UTA. He was always a source of encouragement, and his vision and personality were
great sources of inspiration. I also would like to thank Prof. W. Alan Davis who
swerved as my co-advisor during my graduate studies. His professional attitude and
continuous support deserve special acknowledgement. I am also indebted to Prof. Enjun
Xiao, Prof. Jung-Chih Chiao, Prof. Dan Popa, Prof. Donald Butler, Prof. Sungyong
Jung, Prof. Wei-Jen Lee and Bernard Svihel for serving on my qualification exam,
comprehensive exam and mittees.
Many people at Analog IC Design Research Group at UTA have contributed to
this work. I enjoyed technical interactions with Zheng Li and Xuesong Xie. Sinha
Kamal and Tungmeng Tsai merit special thanks for their help on the simulations and
layout. I would like to extend my gratitude to Naveen Siddareddygari, Sinha Kamal and
Abhijit Chaugule for their consistent technical support.
I would like to acknowledge the financial support provide by National
Semiconductor Corporation for my research work.
My wife, Lin Tong, had to go through a lot of troubles so that I could finish this
work. I am greatly indebted to her for all she has done for me.
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Finally, I would like to thank my family for their unconditional support.
June 26, 2005
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ABSTRACT
LOW PHASE NOISE VOLTAGE-CONTROLLED
OSCILLATO