Title :
A wideband Colpitts VCO with 30% continuous frequency tuning range using a tunable phase shifter
Author :
Chen, Ying ; Mouthaan, Koen ; Geurts, Marcel
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Nat. Univ. of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
Abstract :
A wideband Colpitts VCO using an analog tunable phase shifter as the frequency tuning component is presented. The tunable phase shifter is used as the resonator in a common collector Colpitts oscillator. An inductor is added in series with one of the feedback capacitors to avoid oscillation at higher order resonances of the phase shifter. The proposed VCO has a measured continuous frequency tuning range of 30% from 569 MHz to 767 MHz, and a measured phase noise between -117 dBc/Hz and -124 dBc/Hz at 1 MHz offset.
Keywords :
capacitors; inductors; phase shifters; voltage-controlled oscillators; feedback capacitors; frequency 569 MHz to 767 MHz; frequency tuning range; inductor; tunable phase shifter; wideband Colpitts VCO; Frequency measurement; Harmonic analysis; Phase shifters; Resonant frequency; Tuning; Voltage-controlled oscillators; Colpitts oscillator; VCO; Wideband; tunable phase shifter;
Conference_Titel :
Electron Devices and Solid-State Circuits (EDSSC), 2010 IEEE International Conference of
Conference_Location :
Hong Kong
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9997-7
DOI :
10.1109/EDSSC.2010.5713763
