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Victor Chen
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VCO LC tank
Jul 28th, 2004, 12:10pm  
Hi.

I am new to VCO design. I am trying to design a diff. VCO in CMOS process.
Why it seems that people use parallel tank much often than series tank?

Thx.

Vic
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Re: VCO LC tank
Reply #1 - Jul 28th, 2004, 12:26pm  
My guess is that a parallel resonator easily allows you to provide a bias current to the transistors.

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