Title :
An integrated low power microwave VCO with sub-picosecond phase jitter
Author_Institution :
Northern Telecom Ltd., Nepean, Ont., Canada
fDate :
29 Sep-1 Oct 1996
Abstract :
This paper describes the theoretical design of very low phase noise integrated microwave bipolar junction transistor Voltage Controlled Oscillators. Experimental results and large signal time domain noise simulation techniques for performance verification are described
Keywords :
MMIC oscillators; bipolar MMIC; circuit analysis computing; gyrators; integrated circuit design; integrated circuit noise; jitter; microwave oscillators; phase noise; time-domain analysis; voltage-controlled oscillators; large signal time domain analysis; microwave VCO; microwave bipolar ICs; noise simulation techniques; performance verification; phase noise; sub-picosecond phase jitter; Circuits; Delay; Frequency; Gyrators; Impedance; Jitter; Phase noise; Q factor; Transconductors; Voltage-controlled oscillators;
Conference_Titel :
Bipolar/BiCMOS Circuits and Technology Meeting, 1996., Proceedings of the 1996
Conference_Location :
Minneapolis, MN
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3516-3
DOI :
10.1109/BIPOL.1996.554638
