A W-Band tunable Push-Push oscillator with 128X frequency division for frequency synthesis applications

Mark Stuenkel; Milton Feng

doi:10.1109/MWSYM.2012.6259709

A W-Band tunable Push-Push oscillator with 128X frequency division for frequency synthesis applications

Mark Stuenkel, Milton Feng

Electrical and Computer Engineering

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Abstract

This paper presents a W-Band Push-Push VCO with a 64X static frequency divider, for a total frequency division of 128X, using InP/InGaAs DHBT technology. The oscillator operates around a center frequency of 77.75 GHz with a measured phase noise of < 94 dBc/Hz at a 1 MHz offset, and employs a unique tuning methodology that uses only the intrinsic parasitics of the DHBTs to give a tuning range of L.3 GHz. The oscillator, which includes buffers to drive the divider chain, has a power dissipation of 84 mW, one of the lowest power dissipations reported for a III-V DHBT based push-push oscillator.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	IMS 2012 - 2012 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/MWSYM.2012.6259709
State	Published - 2012
Event	2012 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium, IMS 2012 - Montreal, QC, Canada Duration: Jun 17 2012 → Jun 22 2012

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Name	IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest
ISSN (Print)	0149-645X

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Other	2012 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium, IMS 2012
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Montreal, QC
Period	6/17/12 → 6/22/12

Keywords

Double heterojunction bipolar transistors
Indium phosphide
Microwave oscillators
Millimeter wave integrated circuits
Phase locked loops
Voltage-controlled oscillators

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Condensed Matter Physics
Radiation
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Stuenkel, M & Feng, M 2012, A W-Band tunable Push-Push oscillator with 128X frequency division for frequency synthesis applications. in IMS 2012 - 2012 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium., 6259709, IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest, 2012 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium, IMS 2012, Montreal, QC, Canada, 6/17/12. https://doi.org/10.1109/MWSYM.2012.6259709

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