A low noise 9.95/10.66 GHz PLO for optical applications

Author

Gao, X. ; Koechlin, M. ; Lyons, C. ; Chiesa, J. ; Guven, G. ; Katzin, P.

Author_Institution

Hittite Microwave Corp., Chelmsford, MA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2003

Firstpage

729

Abstract

A 9.95/10.66 GHz monolithic low noise phase-locked oscillator (PLO) implemented in an InGaP HBT technology is presented. It consists of a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO), a digital phase frequency detector (PFD) and digital frequency dividers. The reference frequency input can be in two ranges, 155 to 167 MHz (divided by 32 selected) or 620 to 668 MHz (divided by 8 selected). Two auxiliary outputs at 4.975/5.33 and 2.4875/2.665 GHz are provided. A PLO phase noise of -122 dBc/Hz is achieved at 10 kHz offset. The phase jitter is 20.3 fs rms in 10 kHz to 10 MHz. The MMIC dissipates 1.5 W with two power supplies, +3 V for the VCO and +5 V for the rest of the circuitry.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; MMIC oscillators; bipolar MMIC; frequency dividers; gallium compounds; heterojunction bipolar transistors; indium compounds; integrated circuit design; integrated circuit measurement; integrated circuit noise; jitter; phase detectors; phase locked oscillators; phase noise; voltage-controlled oscillators; 1.5 W; 155 to 167 MHz; 2.4875 to 2.665 GHz; 3 V; 4.975 to 5.33 GHz; 5 V; 620 to 668 MHz; 9.95 to 10.66 GHz; InGaP; InGaP HBT technology; PFD; VCO; digital frequency dividers; digital phase frequency detectors; low noise MMIC PLO power dissipation; monolithic low noise phase-locked oscillators; optical applications; phase jitter; phase noise; reference frequency input; voltage-controlled oscillators; Frequency conversion; Heterojunction bipolar transistors; Jitter; MMICs; Optical frequency conversion; Optical noise; Phase frequency detector; Phase noise; Power supplies; Voltage-controlled oscillators;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest, 2003 IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Philadelphia, PA, USA

ISSN

0149-645X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7695-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.2003.1212475

Filename

1212475