Intel Corporation

Gaurab Banerjee

Krishnamurthy Soumyanath

Ashoke Ravi

A strained-silicon voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) includes a first p-channel metal oxide semiconductor (PMOS) device having a strained-silicon layer coupled to a second PMOS device having a strained-silicon layer.

Strained-silicon voltage controlled oscillator (VCO)

An apparatus and system may include a microstrip line capable of being coupled to an amplifier, wherein the microstrip line is to transform an input impedance of the amplifier to a substantially resistive value, and wherein the microstrip line has a characteristic impedance approximately equal to a selected system reference impedance. The apparatus and system may include a transformer coupled to the microstrip line, wherein the transformer is to transform the substantially resistive value into approximately a resistance of a source impedance included in a source. An article may include data, which, when accessed, results in a machine performing a method including simulating selecting a system having a reference impedance and simulating coupling an amplifier having an input impedance to a source having a source impedance using a transformer coupled to a microstrip line.

Reference impedance apparatus, systems, and methods

A semiconductor device or a circuit includes a controllable oscillator and circuitry that senses a voltage which may control the controllable oscillator and digitally controls a gain compensation, adaptively compensating for a drop in a gain against overall loop gain within a closed loop. In one embodiment, a single supply source may be used to power the closed loop while a variable gain stage that is digitally controllable may adjust the gain in a feed-forward manner based on the drop.

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Beaverton, OR, United States of America

Gaurab Banerjee