Techniques for oscillator nonlinear optimization and phase-noise analysis using commercial harmonic-balance software

Author

Ver Hoeye, S. ; Suarez, A. ; Portilla, J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Commun. Eng., Cantabria Univ., Santander, Spain

Volume

1

fYear

2000

fDate

11-16 June 2000

Firstpage

95

Abstract

Two new techniques for microwave oscillator design are presented for user implementation on commercial harmonic-balance simulators: an easy-to-use nonlinear optimization technique and a phase-noise analysis technique that makes use of the impulse-sensitivity function. This method is implemented for the first time on a harmonic-balance simulator. Simulation results of a MMIC VCO in the Ku-band have been compared with measurements.

Keywords

MMIC oscillators; circuit CAD; circuit noise; circuit optimisation; circuit simulation; integrated circuit design; integrated circuit noise; microwave oscillators; phase noise; voltage-controlled oscillators; Ku-band; MMIC VCO design; commercial harmonic-balance software; harmonic-balance simulators; impulse-sensitivity function; microwave oscillator design; oscillator nonlinear optimization; parallel resonance oscillator design; phase noise analysis; Circuit simulation; Design optimization; Frequency; Harmonic analysis; MMICs; Phase noise; Power generation; Steady-state; Voltage; Voltage-controlled oscillators;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest. 2000 IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Boston, MA, USA

ISSN

0149-645X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5687-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.2000.860893

Filename

860893