Title :
Silicon monolithic balanced oscillators using on-chip suspended active resonators
Author :
Sun, Y. ; Tauritz, J.L. ; Baets, R.G.F.
Author_Institution :
Lucent Technol., Bell Labs., Nieuwegein, Netherlands
Abstract :
Silicon microwave monolithic balanced oscillators using suspended active resonators realized in a f/sub T/=15 GHz BJT process are presented. These micro-machined oscillators feature lower power consumption and lower phase noise (/spl sim/5 dBc lower). Suspended active resonators, tuned to self-oscillate and having an even simpler topology, are also demonstrated.
Keywords :
MMIC oscillators; UHF integrated circuits; UHF oscillators; bipolar MMIC; elemental semiconductors; phase noise; resonators; silicon; 15 GHz; 2.3 GHz; 3.2 GHz; BJT process; Si; Si monolithic balanced oscillators; micro-machined oscillators; microwave balanced oscillators; on-chip suspended active resonators; phase noise; power consumption; Active inductors; Circuits; Feedback; Frequency estimation; Microelectronics; Microwave oscillators; Microwave technology; Radio frequency; Silicon; Sun;
Conference_Titel :
Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFIC) Symposium, 1998 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4439-1
DOI :
10.1109/RFIC.1998.682068
