Title :
A 5.9-16.3 GHz agile tuning source using wideband millimeter wave MMIC circuits
Author :
Dietz, G. ; Moghe, S. ; Fudem, H. ; Haubenstricker, R. ; Becker, R.
Author_Institution :
Northrop Electron. Syst. Div., Rolling Meadows, IL, USA
Abstract :
An agile tuning voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) assembly which covers a wide tuning range with a single control voltage has been developed. The VCO assembly achieved a frequency output of 5.9-16.3 GHz using a single silicon varactor over the tuning range of 0-20 V. The VCO assembly was realized by combining specially designed wideband millimeter-wave VCO/doubler, mixer, and dielectric resonator oscillator (DRO) monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) chips.<>
Keywords :
MMIC; field effect integrated circuits; microwave oscillators; tuning; variable-frequency oscillators; 5.9 to 16.3 GHz; DRO MMIC chips; VCO assembly; agile tuning voltage-controlled oscillator; frequency output; mixer; wide tuning range; wideband millimeter wave MMIC circuits; wideband millimeter-wave VCO/doubler; Assembly; Circuit optimization; Frequency; MMICs; Silicon; Tuning; Varactors; Voltage control; Voltage-controlled oscillators; Wideband;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Monolithic Circuits Symposium, 1992. Digest of Papers, IEEE 1992
Conference_Location :
Albuquerque, NM, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0677-5
DOI :
10.1109/MCS.1992.185998
