• DocumentCode
    126096
  • Title

    A wideband 60 GHz VCO with linear tuning range

  • Author

    Qiong Zou ; Kaixue Ma ; Kiat Seng Yeo

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore, Singapore
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    16-23 Aug. 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    A wideband 60 GHz VCO with linear tuning range is proposed in this paper. The transformer-based differential tuning scheme is proposed for the fine frequency tuning, and the varactor pairs are used for the coarse frequency tuning. The VCO demonstrated 22.2 % tuning range from 56.43 to 69.79 GHz. By using the differentially tuned scheme, the proposed VCO has a linear tuning range, which can be used in wide band frequency synthesizer where a constant loop gain is desired.
  • Keywords
    frequency synthesizers; millimetre wave oscillators; transformers; varactors; voltage-controlled oscillators; coarse frequency tuning; fine frequency tuning; frequency 56.43 GHz to 69.79 GHz; linear tuning range; transformer-based differential tuning scheme; varactor pairs; wide band frequency synthesizer; wideband VCO; Phase noise; Q-factor; Switches; Transformer cores; Tuning; Varactors; Voltage-controlled oscillators;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    General Assembly and Scientific Symposium (URSI GASS), 2014 XXXIth URSI
  • Conference_Location
    Beijing
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/URSIGASS.2014.6929461
  • Filename
    6929461