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Design of a Ultra Miniaturized Voltage Tuned Oscillator Using LTCC Artificial Dielectric Reson

LTCC 의사 유전체 공진기를 이용한 초소형 전압제어발진기 설계

  • Heo, Yun-Seong (Department of Radio Science and Engineering, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Oh, Hyun-Seok (Department of Radio Science and Engineering, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Jeong, Hae-Chang (Department of Radio Science and Engineering, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Yeom, Kyung-Whan (Department of Radio Science and Engineering, Chungnam National University)
  • Received : 2012.02.21
  • Accepted : 2012.04.04
  • Published : 2012.05.31

Abstract

In this paper, we present an ultra miniaturized voltage tuned oscillator, with HMIC-type amplifier and phase shifter, using LTCC artificial dielectric resonator. ADR which consists of periodic conductor patterns and stacked layers has a smaller size than a dielectric resonator. The design specification of ADR is obtained from the design goal of oscillator. The structure of the ADR with a stacked circular disk type is chosen. The resonance characteristic, physical dimension and stack number are analyzed. For miniaturization of ADRO, the ADR is internally implemented at the upper part of the LTCC substrate and the other circuits, which are amplifier and phase shifter are integrated at the bottom side respectively. The fabricated ADRO has ultra small size of $13{\times}13{\times}3mm^3$ and is a SMT type. The designed ADRO satisfies the open-loop oscillation condition at the design frequency. As a results, the oscillation frequency range is 2.025~2.108 GHz at a tuning voltage of 0~5 V. The phase noise is $-109{\pm}4$ dBc/Hz at 100 kHz offset frequency and the power is $6.8{\pm}0.2$ dBm. The power frequency tuning normalized figure of merit is -30.88 dB.

본 논문에서는 LTCC(Low Temperature Co-fired Ceramics) 공정을 이용하여 다층 구조의 의사 유전체 공진기를 설계하고, 이를 HMIC(Hybrid Microwave Integrated Circuit) 형태의 증폭기, 위상천이기와 함께 폐루프를 구성하여 초소형 전압 제어 의사 유전체 공진기 발진기(Vt-ADRO: Voltage-tuned Artificial Dielectric Resonator Oscillator)를 제작하였다. 의사 유전체 공진기는 주기적인 도체 패턴과 적층을 통해 기존의 유전체 공진기보다 소형의 크기를 갖는 공진기이다. 의사 유전체 공진기의 형상은 기본 도체 패턴 원판형을 갖고 이것을 적층하는 구조를 선정하였으며, 공진기의 물리적 치수 및 적층 수에 따른 공진 특성을 분석하였다. 소형의 크기로 제작하기 위하여 LTCC 기판의 상부에 의사 유전체 공진기를 내장하고, 하부에 증폭기, 위상천이기를 집적하였다. 제작된 의사 유전체 공진기 발진기는 $13{\times}13{\times}3mm^3$로 초소형이며, SMT(Surface Mount Technology) 형태를 갖는다. 설계된 발진기는 설계 주파수에서 개루프 발진 조건을 만족하였으며, 폐루프 측정 결과, 발진 주파수는 조정 전압 0~5 V에서 2.025~2.108 GHz, 위상 잡음은 100 kHz offset에서 $-109{\pm}4$ dBc/Hz, 출력 전력은 $6.8{\pm}0.2$ dBm을 보이며, PFTN(Power Frequency Tuning Normalized) FOM(Figure Of Merit)은 -30.88 dB를 보인다.

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