Title :
Low power K-band second harmonic balanced VCO IC using InP based RTDs
Author :
Jeong, Yongsik ; Choi, Sunkyu ; Yang, Kyounghoon
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Korea Adv. Inst. of Sci. & Technol. (KAIST), Daejeon, South Korea
fDate :
May 31 2010-June 4 2010
Abstract :
A K-band InP-based RTD second harmonic balanced VCO utilizing a push-push approach is presented. The fabricated RTD VCO IC shows the total dc power consumption of 136 μW, which is the lowest reported up to date in the K band.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; MMIC oscillators; indium compounds; low-power electronics; microwave diodes; resonant tunnelling diodes; voltage-controlled oscillators; InP; RTD; low power K-band VCO IC; monolithic IC technology; power 136 muW; push-push approach; resonant tunneling diode; second harmonic balanced VCO IC; voltage-controlled oscillators; Diodes; Energy consumption; Frequency measurement; Indium phosphide; K-band; Power measurement; Power system harmonics; Varactors; Voltage; Voltage-controlled oscillators;
Conference_Titel :
Indium Phosphide & Related Materials (IPRM), 2010 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kagawa
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5919-3
DOI :
10.1109/ICIPRM.2010.5516373
