A low-power subharmonic injection-locked oscillator using E/D-mode GaAs PHEMTs for Ka-band applications

Fan Hsiu Huang*, Chi Hsien Lin, Hong Yeh Chang, Yi Jen Chan

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Abstract

A subharmonic injection-locked oscillator (SILO) implemented by using 0.5 μm E/D-mode PHEMT process is demonstrated to achieve a Ka-band low-power and low phase noise source in this paper. Based on a 15 GHz cross-coupled oscillator, a signal having the frequency around 30 GHz can be generated in this SILO circuit through the push-push technique. A cascode amplifier is also arranged to be the output buffer for gaining the output amplitude of 30 GHz signal. The total power consumption of SILO is 24.5 mW under 2.5 V supply voltage. The measured free-running phase noise is-101 dBc/Hz at 1 MHz offset. With injecting a 2nd-order sub-harmonic signal (7.5 GHz) into this ILO, the output phase noise can be further improved to-127 dBc/Hz. The overall frequency multiplication factor is 4.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of 2008 Asia Pacific Microwave Conference, APMC 2008
DOIs
StatePublished - 2008
Externally publishedYes
Event2008 Asia Pacific Microwave Conference, APMC 2008 - Hong Kong, China
Duration: 16 12 200820 12 2008

Publication series

NameProceedings of 2008 Asia Pacific Microwave Conference, APMC 2008

Conference

Conference2008 Asia Pacific Microwave Conference, APMC 2008
Country/TerritoryChina
CityHong Kong
Period16/12/0820/12/08

Keywords

  • Cascode amplifier
  • E/D-mode GaAs PHEMT
  • Injection-locked oscillator

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