An efficient method to compute phase-noise in injection-locked frequency dividers

This paper provides an original and very efficient computational method to evaluate phase-noise effects in injection-locked frequency dividers. The technique relies on a realistic phase-domain macromodel of the locked oscillator whose parameters are extracted by means of an RF circuit simulator.

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