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in Fig. 27a and Fig. 27b, the same oscillation amplitude can be obtained if their averagevalues within the oscillation range are the same. As the loop gain and the negativeconductance are usually decreasing, the loop gain and the negative conductance at thecenter point have to be larger than 1 and 1/R in order to start the oscillation.aVoutVinbGmSGmdvv1/RVinFig. 27 Graphical representations <strong>of</strong> the generalized criterion for oscillation a) based on loop gain b)based on negative conductanceSurprisingly, in the most common differential LC oscillator shown in Fig. 28, thecriteria results in a very simple relationship between the amplitude <strong>of</strong> oscillation and thebias current. “The single-ended peak-to-peak amplitude <strong>of</strong> oscillation is “usually”equal to the product <strong>of</strong> the tail current in a carefully designed oscillator and theequivalent parallel resistance <strong>of</strong> one <strong>of</strong> the LC tanks at resonance.” Or therelationship can be called Ohm’s law (V=IR). “The voltage at resonance frequencyequals to the product <strong>of</strong> bias current and the equivalent resistance at resonance <strong>of</strong> theLC tank.”41

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