@article {665,
	title = {Analysis and Design of Coupled PLL-Based CMOS Quadrature VCOs},
	journal = {IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits},
	volume = {59},
	year = {2024},
	pages = {294-306},
	keywords = {CMOS, coupled phase-locked loop (CPLL), Couplings, Harmonic analysis, Mixers, phase locked loops, phase noise, quadrature voltage-controlled oscillator (QVCO), radio frequency integrated circuits (RFIC), Steady-state, voltage-controlled oscillators},
	doi = {10.1109/JSSC.2023.3280360},
	author = {Iesurum, Agata and Manente, Davide and Padovan, Fabio and Bassi, Matteo and Bevilacqua, A.}
}
@conference {507,
	title = {A 19.5 GHz 28 nm CMOS Class-C VCO with Reduced 1/f Noise Upconversion},
	booktitle = {ESSCIRC 2019 - IEEE 45th European Solid State Circuits Conference (ESSCIRC)},
	year = {2019},
	month = {Sep.},
	keywords = {1/f noise, phase noise, voltage-controlled oscillators},
	doi = {10.1109/ESSCIRC.2019.8902813},
	author = {A. Franceschin and P. Andreani and F. Padovan and M. Bassi and R. Nonis and Bevilacqua, A.}
}
@conference {422,
	title = {A quad-core 15GHz BiCMOS VCO with -124dBc/Hz phase noise at 1MHz offset, -189dBc/Hz FOM, and robust to multimode concurrent oscillations},
	booktitle = {2018 IEEE International Solid - State Circuits Conference - (ISSCC)},
	year = {2018},
	month = {Feb},
	keywords = {1/f noise, BiCMOS analogue integrated circuits, bipolar MMIC, bipolar transistors, circuit tuning, coupling network, Couplings, figure-of-merit, frequency 15.0 GHz, higher-Q passives, larger oscillation amplitudes, local oscillators, minimum phase noise, MMIC oscillators, multimode concurrent oscillations, multitone concurrent oscillations, N oscillators, next-generation communication, phase noise, quad-core BiCMOS VCO, quad-core bipolar VCO, radar systems, resistivity substrate, Robustness, single voltage-controlled oscillator, supply voltage, symbol constellations, Temperature measurement, Tuning, ultra-scaled CMOS, voltage-controlled oscillators},
	doi = {10.1109/ISSCC.2018.8310341},
	author = {F. Padovan and F. Quadrelli and M. Bassi and M. Tiebout and Bevilacqua, A.}
}
@conference {8094533,
	title = {A 21GHz 20.5\%-tuning range Colpitts VCO with -119 dBc/Hz phase noise at 1MHz offset},
	booktitle = {ESSCIRC 2017 - 43rd IEEE European Solid State Circuits Conference},
	year = {2017},
	month = {Sept},
	pages = {91-94},
	keywords = {BiCMOS integrated circuits, bipolar MMIC, current 17.5 mA, frequency 1 MHz, frequency 18.8 GHz to 23.1 GHz, Ge-Si alloys, microwave oscillators, oscillator figure-of-merit, phase noise, SiGe, SiGe BiCMOS Colpitts VCO, Silicon germanium, transformer-coupled varactor, Tuning, Varactors, very low phase noise, voltage 4 V, voltage controlled oscillator, voltage-controlled oscillators},
	doi = {10.1109/ESSCIRC.2017.8094533},
	author = {F. Boscolo and Padovan, F. and F. Quadrelli and Tiebout, M. and Neviani, A. and Bevilacqua, A.}
}
@article {6951466,
	title = {Design of Low-Noise K -Band SiGe Bipolar VCOs: Theory and Implementation},
	journal = {IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers},
	volume = {62},
	number = {2},
	year = {2015},
	month = {Feb},
	pages = {607-615},
	keywords = {$K$-band, Backhaul communications, bipolar transistor, Capacitance, phase noise, Q-factor, Tuning, Varactors, voltage controlled oscillator, voltage-controlled oscillators},
	issn = {1549-8328},
	doi = {10.1109/TCSI.2014.2364100},
	author = {Padovan, F. and Tiebout, M. and Mertens, K.L.R. and Bevilacqua, A. and Neviani, A.}
}
@conference {7411748,
	title = {SiGe BiCMOS VCO with 27\% tuning range for 5G communications},
	booktitle = {2015 Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC)},
	volume = {1},
	year = {2015},
	month = {Dec},
	pages = {1-3},
	keywords = {5G communications, 5G mobile communication, BiCMOS integrated circuits, BiCMOS VCO, current 8 mA, frequency 12 GHz to 15.9 GHz, Frequency measurement, Ge-Si alloys, Heterojunction bipolar transistors, microwave oscillators, oscillator core, phase noise, SiGe, Silicon germanium, transformer-coupled varactor, Tuning, Varactors, voltage 3.3 V, voltage-controlled oscillators},
	doi = {10.1109/APMC.2015.7411748},
	author = {Padovan, F. and Tiebout, M. and F. Dielacher and Bevilacqua, A. and Neviani, A.}
}
@conference {6341279,
	title = {A SiGe bipolar VCO for backhaul E-band communication systems},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2012 ESSCIRC},
	year = {2012},
	month = {Sept.},
	pages = {402 -405},
	keywords = {backhaul E-band communication system, bipolar integrated circuits, frequency 18.9 GHz to 22.1 GHz, Frequency measurement, frequency multiplier, Ge-Si alloys, K-band, K-band SiGe bipolar VCO, microwave oscillators, phase noise, SiGe, Silicon germanium, Tuning, voltage-controlled oscillators},
	issn = {1930-8833},
	doi = {10.1109/ESSCIRC.2012.6341279},
	author = {Padovan, F. and Tiebout, M. and Mertens, K. and Bevilacqua, A. and Neviani, A.}
}
@article {5492325,
	title = {A 0.06 mm2 11 mW Local Oscillator for the GSM Standard in 65 nm CMOS},
	journal = {IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits},
	volume = {45},
	number = {7},
	year = {2010},
	pages = {1295 -1304},
	keywords = {cellular radio, CMOS integrated circuits, CMOS process, current 9 mA, divide-by-four injection-locked frequency divider, frequency 13 GHz to 15 GHz, frequency 3 MHz, frequency dividers, GSM standard, LC VCO, local oscillator, MMIC oscillators, network topology, ring oscillator-based topology, size 65 nm, thin-oxide devices, voltage 1.2 V, voltage-controlled oscillators},
	issn = {0018-9200},
	doi = {10.1109/JSSC.2010.2049457},
	author = {Dal Toso, S. and Bevilacqua, A. and Tiebout, M. and Da Dalt, N. and Gerosa, A. and Neviani, A.}
}
@conference {5326029,
	title = {A 0.059-mm2 10.8-mW local oscillator for GSM systems in 65-nm CMOS},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of ESSCIRC 2009},
	year = {2009},
	pages = {444 -447},
	keywords = {cellular radio, CMOS, CMOS integrated circuits, current 9 mA, divide-by-four injection-locked frequency divider, frequency 13 GHz to 15 GHz, frequency 3 MHz, frequency dividers, GSM-compliant local oscillator, LC VCO, microwave oscillators, power 10.8 mW, ring oscillator-based topology, size 65 nm, thin-oxide devices, voltage 1.2 V, voltage-controlled oscillators},
	issn = {1930-8833},
	doi = {10.1109/ESSCIRC.2009.5326029},
	author = {Dal Toso, S. and Bevilacqua, A. and Tiebout, M. and Da Dalt, N. and Gerosa, A. and Neviani, A.}
}
@article {4684636,
	title = {A Compact Wideband Front-End Using a Single-Inductor Dual-Band VCO in 90 nm Digital CMOS},
	journal = {IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits},
	volume = {43},
	number = {12},
	year = {2008},
	pages = {2693 -2705},
	keywords = {4-port oscillator, CMOS digital integrated circuits, compact wideband front-end, digital CMOS, downconversion, frequency 10 GHz, frequency 3.5 GHz, frequency synthesis, inductorless LNA, inductors, low noise amplifiers, MMIC oscillators, RF front-end design, single-inductor dual-band VCO, size 90 nm, voltage 1.2 V, voltage-controlled oscillators},
	issn = {0018-9200},
	doi = {10.1109/JSSC.2008.2004865},
	author = {Borremans, J. and Bevilacqua, A. and Bronckers, S. and Dehan, M. and Kuijk, M. and Wambacq, P. and Craninckx, J.}
}
@conference {4253094,
	title = {Quadrature VCOs Based on Coupled PLLs},
	booktitle = {IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, 2007. ISCAS 2007},
	year = {2007},
	pages = {2140 -2143},
	keywords = {0.13 micron, CMOS digital integrated circuits, coupled PLL, digital CMOS technology, dual-mode quadrature VCO, phase locked loops, quadrature signal generation, voltage-controlled oscillators},
	doi = {10.1109/ISCAS.2007.378596},
	author = {Bevilacqua, A. and Sandner, C. and Gerosa, A. and Neviani, A.}
}
@article {4155051,
	title = {Transformer-Based Dual-Mode Voltage-Controlled Oscillators},
	journal = {IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs},
	volume = {54},
	number = {4},
	year = {2007},
	pages = {293 -297},
	keywords = {0.13 micron, 1 to 8 mW, 2.5D electromagnetic simulation, 3.6 to 7.8 GHz, Agilent Momentum, CMOS digital integrated circuits, digital CMOS technology, dual-mode voltage-controlled oscillators, frequency tuning techniques, microwave oscillators, MMIC oscillators, one-port network, quality factor, reconfigurable architectures, resonators, transformer-based resonator, transformers, two-port network, VCO, voltage-controlled oscillators, wide-band voltage-controlled oscillator},
	issn = {1549-7747},
	doi = {10.1109/TCSII.2006.889734},
	author = {Bevilacqua, A. and Pavan, F.P. and Sandner, C. and Gerosa, A. and Neviani, A.}
}
@conference {4099798,
	title = {A 3.4-7 GHz Transformer-Based Dual-mode Wideband VCO},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the 32nd European Solid-State Circuits Conference},
	year = {2006},
	pages = {440 -443},
	keywords = {1 MHz, 1 mW, 3.4 to 7 GHz, dual-mode oscillator, phase noise, power consumption, resonators, transformer-based resonator, transformers, voltage-controlled oscillators, wideband VCO},
	issn = {1930-8833},
	doi = {10.1109/ESSCIR.2006.307475},
	author = {Bevilacqua, A. and Federico P. Pavan and Christoph Sandner and Gerosa, A. and Neviani, A.}
}
