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Analysis of Injection-Locked Regenerative Frequency Dividers

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Frequency dividers are one of the most important components of any frequency synthesizer.

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  1. Qualcomm Incorporated, 5775 Morehouse Dr., San Diego, CA, 92121, USA

    Mohammad Farazian & Prasad S Gudem

  2. Brown School of Engineering, Brown University, 184 Hope Street, Box D, Providence, RI, 02912, USA

    Lawrence E. Larson

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Farazian, M., Gudem, P.S., Larson, L.E. (2013). Analysis of Injection-Locked Regenerative Frequency Dividers. In: Fast Hopping Frequency Generation in Digital CMOS. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0490-3_4

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