Direct digital synthesis for enabling next generation RF systems

Author

Elliott, Kenneth R.

Author_Institution

HRL Labs., Malibu, CA, USA

fYear

2005

fDate

30 Oct.-2 Nov. 2005

Abstract

Technology advances in HBT (heterojunction bipolar transistor) circuit complexity and device performance are enabling a new generation of circuits for direct synthesis of waveforms in the microwave and sub-mm-wave regions. This improvement in performance will provide the core technology for a new generation of wideband digital systems to support a broad range of defense and commercial applications ranging from software radio, digital communications and advanced RF sensors. Recent results have produced circuits with demonstrated clock rate above 15 GHz with ultimate performance supporting clock rates in excess of 32 GHz.

Keywords

direct digital synthesis; heterojunction bipolar transistors; integrated circuit design; microwave circuits; submillimetre wave integrated circuits; RF sensors; circuit complexity; digital communications; direct digital synthesis; frequency synthesis; heterojunction bipolar transistor; microwave region; software radio; sub-mm-wave region; wideband digital systems; Circuit synthesis; Clocks; Complexity theory; Heterojunction bipolar transistors; Microwave circuits; Microwave devices; Microwave generation; Microwave technology; Radio frequency; Wideband;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Compound Semiconductor Integrated Circuit Symposium, 2005. CSIC '05. IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9250-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CSICS.2005.1531783

Filename

1531783