Low-noise monolithic Ku-band VCO using pseudomorphic HEMT technology

Author

Portilla, Joaquin ; de la Fuente, Maria Luisa ; Pascual, Juan Pablo ; Artal, Eduardo

Author_Institution

Dept. de Ingenieria de Comunicaciones, Cantabria Univ., Santander, Spain

Volume

7

Issue

11

fYear

1997

fDate

11/1/1997 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

380

Lastpage

382

Abstract

A low-noise pseudomorphic HEMT Ku-band oscillator with varactor frequency tuning and voltage power control is reported. The circuit size, including the varactor and the pads for on-wafer testing, is less than 0.7 mm². On-wafer oscillator measurements show a frequency tuning bandwidth of 600 MHz centered at ~15.2 GHz and an output power up to 17 dBm with more than 15 dB of power control. Phase noise of -87 dBc/Hz at 100 kHz has been obtained, which is an excellent result for a fully monolithic integrated Ku-band voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO)

Keywords

HEMT integrated circuits; MMIC oscillators; circuit tuning; integrated circuit noise; phase noise; power control; varactors; voltage-controlled oscillators; 15.2 GHz; 600 MHz; PHEMT; SHF; low-noise MMIC VCO; pseudomorphic HEMT technology; varactor frequency tuning; voltage power control; voltage-controlled oscillator; Bandwidth; Circuit optimization; Circuit testing; Frequency measurement; PHEMTs; Power control; Power measurement; Tuning; Varactors; Voltage-controlled oscillators;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave and Guided Wave Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8207

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/75.641427

Filename

641427