Title :
Low power consumption voltage controlled oscillator design
Author :
Xu, David Q. ; Kumar, B.P. ; Branner, G.R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., Davis, CA, USA
Abstract :
Voltage Controlled Oscillators (VCOs) are extremely important components in the exploding field of wireless radio-frequency communications. This paper illustrates the design and fabrication of a unique compact and low power consumption VCO for wireless communication. Subsequent to a description of the design technique, the paper discusses the measured results of a VCO, realized with the design procedure, which was fabricated using lumped components on microstrip dielectric substrate having a dielectric constant of 2.17 and a thickness of 20 mils. Excellent circuit performance is shown to result for very low bias power (1 V, 0.86 mA) values
Keywords :
UHF oscillators; microwave integrated circuits; voltage-controlled oscillators; 0.86 mA; 1 V; 900 MHz; UHF; fabrication; low power consumption VCO; lumped components; microstrip dielectric substrate; voltage controlled oscillator design; Dielectric constant; Dielectric measurements; Dielectric substrates; Energy consumption; Fabrication; Microstrip components; Radio frequency; Thickness measurement; Voltage-controlled oscillators; Wireless communication;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems, 1996., IEEE 39th Midwest symposium on
Conference_Location :
Ames, IA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3636-4
DOI :
10.1109/MWSCAS.1996.593195
