A wide-band double-PLL microwave frequency synthesizer

Author

Czuba, Krzysztof ; Antoszkiewicz, Krzysztof ; Wiatr, Wojciech

Author_Institution

Inst. of Electron. Syst., Warsaw Univ. of Technol., Warszawa, Poland

Volume

1

fYear

2004

fDate

17-19 May 2004

Firstpage

325

Abstract

We describe a wideband microwave frequency synthesizer operating from 2 to 18 GHz. The synthesizer is based on a YIG-tuned oscillator (YTO), a sampling phase detector (SPD) working as a sub-harmonically pumped mixer and a double PLL integrated circuit for stabilizing the frequencies of a local oscillator and the YTO. The whole circuitry is supervised by a microcontroller. For this design, we discuss the underlying issues that regard flexible frequency control and optimization of the phase noise performance.

Keywords

broadband antennas; direct digital synthesis; frequency control; microcontrollers; microwave mixers; phase noise; YIG-tuned oscillator; double PLL integrated circuit; flexible frequency control; frequency stabilization; local oscillator; microcontroller; optimization; phase noise performance; sampling phase detector; sub-harmonically pumped mixer; wideband microwave frequency synthesizer; Integrated circuit synthesis; Local oscillators; Microwave frequencies; Microwave oscillators; Phase detection; Phase frequency detector; Phase locked loops; Sampling methods; Synthesizers; Wideband;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwaves, Radar and Wireless Communications, 2004. MIKON-2004. 15th International Conference on

Print_ISBN

83-906662-7-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MIKON.2004.1356934

Filename

1356934