Title :
A low phase-noise 38-GHz HBT MMIC oscillator utilizing a novel transmission line resonator
Author :
Hosoya, K. ; Tanaka, S. ; Amamiya, Y. ; Niwa, T. ; Shimawaki, H. ; Honjo, K.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. & High-Frequency Device Res. Labs., NEC Corp., Tsukuba, Japan
Abstract :
This paper reports on a low phase noise 38 GHz-band HBT MMIC oscillator employing a newly proposed transmission line resonator. The achieved phase noise of -114 dBc/Hz at 1 MHz offset is believed to be the lowest reported for millimeter-wave oscillators without a dielectric resonator.
Keywords :
MMIC oscillators; bipolar MIMIC; heterojunction bipolar transistors; integrated circuit noise; millimetre wave oscillators; phase noise; strip line resonators; 38 GHz; EHF; HBT MMIC oscillator; MM-wave oscillators; low phase-noise oscillator; transmission line resonator; HEMTs; Heterojunction bipolar transistors; Laboratories; MMICs; Millimeter wave technology; Millimeter wave transistors; National electric code; Oscillators; Phase noise; Transmission lines;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium Digest. 2000 IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5687-X
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.2000.860882
