A VCO with wide tuning range and output switch for pulsed frequency modulated UWB signal generation

Author

Esswein, Alexander ; Weigel, Robert

Author_Institution

Inst. of Electron. Eng., Friedrich-Alexander Univ. of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany

fYear

2011

fDate

14-16 March 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

This paper describes a VCO with 30% tuning range and integrated output switch, used for the generation of pulsed ultra-wideband signals in an FMCW radar system. The system concept is shown. The VCO with switch has an unmatched single-endedly measured output power of -21 dBm over the whole tuning range of 6.4 GHz to 8.6 GHz with a total of 31.8 mA bias current consumption.

Keywords

BiCMOS integrated circuits; CW radar; FM radar; MMIC; microwave generation; microwave oscillators; microwave switches; signal generators; ultra wideband radar; voltage-controlled oscillators; FMCW radar system; current 31.8 mA; frequency 6.4 GHz to 8.6 GHz; output switch; pulsed frequency modulated UWB signal generation; pulsed ultrawideband signal; wide tuning range VCO; Capacitance; Frequency modulation; Reactive power; Switches; Switching circuits; Tuning; Voltage-controlled oscillators; FMCW; Ultra-wideband; radar; switch; voltage controlled oscillator;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference (GeMIC), 2011 German

Conference_Location

Darmstadt

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-9225-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-3-9812668-3-2

Type

conf

Filename

5760742