125 to 181 GHz fundamental-wave VCO chips in SiGe technology

Description

This paper presents four signal-generation chips that comprise a fundamental-wave voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO), an output buffer, and a divide-by-32 prescaler. The VCOs with contiguous tuning ranges cover almost the full waveguide band from 110 to 170GHz (D-band). The fastest VCO operates at up to 181GHz in combination with the prescaler. The VCOs run on 1.8V, draw ∼35 mA, and achieve a single-sideband phase noise ranging from −92 to −82 dBc/Hz at 1MHz offset frequency. Power consumption of the high-speed frequency divider in the first prescaler stage is 70mW. The circuits are based on an Infineon SiGe technology, which features HBTs with an fmax of 340 GHz.

Period	18 Jun 2012
Event title	IEEE Radio Freq. Integr. Circ. Symp
Event type	Conference
Location	CanadaShow on map