Estimating the Dynamic Response of a Voltage Controlled Oscillator based on Large-Signal Network Analyser Measurements

Author

Rolain, Y. ; Pintelon, R. ; Van Moer, Wendy ; Vandersteen, G.

Author_Institution

Dept. ELEC, Vrije Univ. Brussel, Brussels

fYear

2008

fDate

12-15 May 2008

Firstpage

432

Lastpage

435

Abstract

In this paper, a fast estimation method is proposed to obtain the maximum-likelihood estimation of the instantaneous frequency of the output wave of a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) from a large signal network analyzer (LSNA) measurement. A 1650 MHz device that is swept over a 4 MHz frequency range is characterized to show the applicability and the speed of the proposed technique.

Keywords

UHF oscillators; dynamic response; frequency estimation; maximum likelihood estimation; network analysers; voltage-controlled oscillators; LSNA measurement; dynamic response; frequency 1650 MHz; instantaneous frequency estimation; large-signal network analyser; maximum-likelihood estimation; voltage controlled oscillator; Electronic mail; Frequency estimation; Frequency measurement; Instrumentation and measurement; Maximum likelihood estimation; Radio frequency; Signal analysis; System identification; Voltage; Voltage-controlled oscillators; RF measurements; VCO; system identification;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference Proceedings, 2008. IMTC 2008. IEEE

Conference_Location

Victoria, BC

ISSN

1091-5281

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1540-3

Electronic_ISBN

1091-5281

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMTC.2008.4547074

Filename

4547074