• DocumentCode
    1552051
  • Title

    Differential InP-HBT current controlled LC-oscillators with centre frequencies of 43 and 67 GHz

  • Author

    Schwarz, V. ; Morf, T. ; Huber, A. ; Jäckel, H. ; Benedickter, H.-R.

  • Author_Institution
    Electron. Lab., Swiss Fed. Inst. of Technol., Zurich, Switzerland
  • Volume
    35
  • Issue
    14
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    7/8/1999 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1197
  • Lastpage
    1198
  • Abstract
    An LC-tuned differential current controlled oscillator (CCO) with a centre frequency of 43 GHz and a tuning range of 1 GHz is reported. The phase noise is -90 to -100 dBc at 1 MHz offset and the output power is -3.5 to -9.5 dBm at 50 Ω. The phase difference of the output signals was measured to be 180°. A second type of oscillator had a centre frequency of 67 GHz. To date, these two oscillators have the highest frequencies yet reported for differential current or voltage controlled oscillators
  • Keywords
    circuit tuning; heterojunction bipolar transistors; indium compounds; millimetre wave circuits; millimetre wave oscillators; phase noise; variable-frequency oscillators; 43 GHz; 67 GHz; InP; LC-tuned oscillator; differential HBT current controlled LC-oscillators; output power; phase difference; phase noise; tuning range;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19990785
  • Filename
    788966