Title :
Experimental study on temperature dependence of RTD-based low-power MMIC VCO
Author :
Choi, Sunkyu ; Jeong, Yongsik ; Yang, Kyounghoon
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci. (EECS), Korea Adv. Inst. of Sci. & Technol. (KAIST), Daejeon
Abstract :
The temperature dependence of low-power InP RTD/HBT VCOs is experimentally investigated. The VCO with an oscillation frequency of 14.85 GHz has demonstrated an oscillation frequency shift of DeltafOSC = -0.50 GHz/100 K.
Keywords :
MMIC; heterojunction bipolar transistors; resonant tunnelling diodes; voltage-controlled oscillators; HBT; RTD; VCO; frequency -0.50 GHz; frequency 14.85 GHz; low-power MMIC; oscillation; resonant tunnelling diodes; temperature 100 K; voltage-controlled oscillators; Capacitance; Energy consumption; Frequency; Heterojunction bipolar transistors; Indium phosphide; MMICs; Temperature dependence; Varactors; Voltage; Voltage-controlled oscillators;
Conference_Titel :
Indium Phosphide & Related Materials, 2009. IPRM '09. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Newport Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3432-9
Electronic_ISBN :
1092-8669
DOI :
10.1109/ICIPRM.2009.5012500
