A C-Band Oscillator MMIC with High Output Power, Low Harmonics, and Low Phase Noise using Passive Buffer

Author

Sim, Sanghoon ; Hong, Songcheol

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Korea Adv. Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Daejeon

fYear

2006

fDate

10-13 Sept. 2006

Firstpage

173

Lastpage

175

Abstract

A passive buffer of an oscillator to obtain high output power, low harmonics and low phase noise is presented. A cross-coupled oscillator with the passive buffer is fabricated using InGaP/GaAs HBT technology. The oscillation frequency is 6.96 GHz. The 2nd harmonic suppression is -36.23dBc in the one-side output power 9.43 dBm. The phase noise is -121.33 dBc/Hz at 1MHz offset. The chip size is 0.81 times 0.63 mm². The performances are compared with those of the previously reported oscillators

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; MMIC oscillators; gallium arsenide; heterojunction bipolar transistors; indium compounds; passive networks; phase noise; 6.96 GHz; C-band oscillator MMIC; HBT technology; InGaP-GaAs; capacitive divider harmonics; cross-coupled oscillator; harmonic suppression; passive buffer; phase noise; Frequency; Gallium arsenide; Inductors; MMICs; Noise measurement; Oscillators; Phase measurement; Phase noise; Power generation; Power system harmonics; C-band; Oscillator; capacitive divider harmonics; output power; passive buffer; phase noise;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference, 2006. The 1st

Conference_Location

Manchester

Print_ISBN

2-9600551-8-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EMICC.2006.282779

Filename

4057602