Current-mode CMOS Active Inductor with Applications to Low-Voltage Oscillators
Abstract
This paper investigates a current mode active inductor. In the proposed active inductor, three current mirrors have been connected to each other to realize the negative feedback. This active conductor has a two layer transistor structure. A 4.257 GHz, 1.2-V power supply non-inductive LC negative resistor oscillator, base on two of the proposed active inductors, is demonstrated.
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active inductor; current mirror; low-voltageDownloads
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