Low phase noise V-band push-push voltage controlled oscillator using 0.15 μm GaAs pseudomorphic high electron-mobility transistor technology

  • H. L. Kao
  • , S. P. Shih*
  • , C. S. Yeh
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A low phase noise, low dissipated power and small-size V-band voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) using dual cross-coupled pair configuration, capacitance-splitting technique and push-push topology is presented. The V-band VCO circuit uses 0.15 μm GaAs pseudomorphic high electron-mobility transistor technology. The VCO has low phase noise, of -108.43 dBc/Hz, at a 1 MHz offset from a 62 GHz carrier and can be tuned from 61.11 to 62.66 GHz. The figure of merit is -190.45 dBc/Hz. The power consumption of the VCO with 1.04 mm 2 chip area is 24 mW, from a 1 V power supply.

Original languageEnglish
Article numberIMAPCH000006000006000653000001
Pages (from-to)653-657
Number of pages5
JournalIET Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation
Volume6
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 24 04 2012

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