Ultra-low-voltage current-reuse voltage-controlled oscillator and transconductance-capacitor filter

A circuit, comprising:

• a voltage-controlled oscillator stacked atop a transconductance-capacitor filter for current-reuse, the voltage-controlled oscillator comprising:
• a node one, a node two, a node three, and a node four;
• an inductance coupling between the node one and the node two;
• a variable capacitor coupling between the node one and the node two;
• a first switched element, a second switched element, a third switched element, and a fourth switched element, each of which having a first node, a second node, and a gate node;
• wherein the gate node of the first switched element is coupled to the first node of the second switched element, and the gate node of the second switched element is coupled to the first node of the first switched element,
• wherein the gate node of the third switched element is coupled to the first node of the fourth switched element, and the gate node of the fourth switched element is coupled to the first node of the third switched element,
• wherein the first node of the first switched element and the first node of the third switched element are coupled to the node one, and the first node of the second switched element and the first node of the fourth switched element are coupled to the node two,
• wherein the second node of the first switched element and the second node of the second switched element are coupled to the node three, and the second node of the third switched element and the second node of the fourth switched element are coupled to the node four;
• the transconductance-capacitor filter, comprising:
• a first resistor and a second resistor;
• and
• a fifth switched element, a sixth switched element, a seventh switched element, and an eighth switched element, each of which having a first node, a second node, and a gate node;
• wherein the first resistor is coupled between the first node and the gate node of the fifth switched element, and second resistor is coupled between the first node and the gate node of the eighth switched element,
• wherein the gate node of the sixth switched element is coupled to the first node of the seventh switched element, and the gate node of the seventh switched element is coupled to the first node of the sixth switched element,
• wherein the first node of the fifth switched element and the first node of the sixth switched element are coupled to node three, and the first node of the seventh switched element and the first node of the eighth switched element are coupled to node four.