RTW VCO with switched-capacitor tuning for satellite communication applications

Author

Ben Abdeljelil, Fahd ; Tatinian, W. ; Jacquemod, G. ; Ben Abdeljelil, Fahd ; Carpineto, L.

Author_Institution

LEAT UMR CNRS-UNSA 6071, Valbonne

fYear

2007

fDate

2-5 July 2007

Firstpage

181

Lastpage

184

Abstract

This paper shows the feasibility of combining rotary traveling wave (RTW) oscillator and frequency switch tuning compensation based on a capacitor network to achieve a temperature and process variations robustness of voltage controlled oscillators (VCO). This concept has been proved by combining transistor level simulations for the active part and electromagnetic simulations for the transmission lines. Global system specification have also been checked with high level phase locked loop (PLL) modeling.

Keywords

circuit tuning; microwave oscillators; satellite communication; switched capacitor networks; voltage-controlled oscillators; RTW VCO; capacitor network; electromagnetic simulations; frequency switch tuning compensation; global system specification; high level phase locked loop modeling; rotary traveling wave oscillator; satellite communication; switched-capacitor tuning; transistor level simulations; voltage controlled oscillators; Communication switching; Frequency; Phase locked loops; Robust control; Satellite communication; Switched capacitor networks; Switches; Transmission lines; Tuning; Voltage-controlled oscillators;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Research in Microelectronics and Electronics Conference, 2007. PRIME 2007. Ph.D.

Conference_Location

Bordeaux

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1000-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1001-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RME.2007.4401842

Filename

4401842