Topics in LC Oscillators: Principles, Phase Noise, Pulling, Inductor Design

Konstantinos Manetakis received a Ph.D. in Analog IC Design from the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, UK, in 1998. From 1998 to 2020, he held various positions with Maxim Integrated Products in Sunnyvale, CA, USA; Qualcomm CDMA Technologies in San Diego, CA, USA; Silicon Labs in Caen, France; Cambridge Silicon Radio in Cambridge, UK, and Sophia-Antipolis France; Marvell Technologies in Etoy, Switzerland, and GlobalFoundries in Rolle Switzerland. Since 2020 he has been with CSEM in Neuchatel, Switzerland, as a RF System Architect working on low-power wireless transceivers for connectivity applications. His interests include Analog, RF, and mm-wave integrated circuits and systems