A Novel Compact Coupled Planar Resonator Based VCO

Author

Rohde, Ulrich L. ; Poddar, Ajay K.

Author_Institution

Umversity of Cottbus, Cottbus

fYear

2007

fDate

July 30 2007-Aug. 2 2007

Firstpage

439

Lastpage

442

Abstract

A novel compact coupled planar resonator (CCPR) based VCO (voltage controlled oscillator) was developed in response to expensive high Q resonator (ceramic, SAW and dielectric resonators) based signal sources. One of the problem related to the conventional ceramic/SAW/DR based resonator is integration in IC (integrated chip) form. The measured phase noise for a carrier frequency 4.2 GHz CCPR VCO is better than -118 dBc/Hz at 10 kHz offset. The CCPR VCO topology is not limited to this frequency, can be extended for other higher frequency by incorporating mode-injection stubs across the CCPR to obtain desired operating frequency.

Keywords

MMIC oscillators; microstrip resonators; phase noise; voltage-controlled oscillators; CCPR VCO; MMIC; compact microstrip line coupled planar resonator; frequency 4.2 GHz; integrated chip; mode-injection stubs; phase noise; signal sources; voltage controlled oscillator; Ceramics; Dielectric measurements; Frequency measurement; Noise measurement; Phase measurement; Phase noise; Semiconductor device measurement; Surface acoustic waves; Topology; Voltage-controlled oscillators; CCPR; DR; IC; Q; SAW; VCO;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Signals, Systems and Electronics, 2007. ISSSE '07. International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Montreal, Que.

Print_ISBN

1-4244-1448-2

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-1449-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISSSE.2007.4294507

Filename

4294507