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77 GHz Waveguide VCO for Anti-collision Radar Applications

차량 충돌 방지 레이더 시스템 응용을 위한 77 GHz 도파관 전압 조정 발진기

  • Ryu, Keun-Kwan (Department of Electronics & Control Engineering, Hanbat National University) ;
  • Kim, Sung-Chan (Department of Electronics & Control Engineering, Hanbat National University)
  • Received : 2014.03.07
  • Accepted : 2014.04.18
  • Published : 2014.07.31
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Abstract

In this work, we demonstrated a 77 GHz waveguide VCO with transition from WR-12 to WR-10 for anti-collision radar applications. The fabricated waveguide VCO consists of a GaAs-based Gunn diode, a varactor diode, a waveguide transition, and two bias posts for operating as a LPF and a resonator. The cavity is designed for fundamental mode at 38.5 GHz and operated at second hormonic of 77 GHz. The waveguide transition has a 1.86 dB of insertion loss and -30.22 dB of S11 at the center frequency of 77 GHz. The fabricated VCO achieves an oscillation bandwidth of 870 MHz. Output power is from 12.0 to 13.75 dBm and phase noise is -100.78 dBc/Hz at 1 MHz offset frequency from the carrier.

본 논문에서는 차량 충돌 방지 레이더 시스템 응용을 위하여 중심 주파수가 77 GHz인 도파관 (waveguide) 전압조정 발진기 (VCO, voltage controlled oscillator)를 구현하였다. 구현된 도파관 전압 조정 발진기는 GaAs 기반의 건다이오드 (Gunn diode)와 버랙터 다이오드 (varactor diode), 도파관 천이기 (waveguide transition), 저역 통과 필터(LPF, low pass filter) 및 공진기 (resonator) 기능을 동시에 수행하는 다이오드의 바이어스 (bias) 포스트 (post)로 구성되어진다. 77 GHz 신호는 동공 (cavity)을 38.50 GHz에서 발진하도록 설계하여 2체배된 신호를 사용하였으며 WR-12에서 WR-10으로 천이되어 출력된다. 도파관 천이기는 77 GHz의 중심주파수에서 1.86 dB의 삽입손실(insertion loss)과 -30.22 dB의 입력반사계수 (S11, input reflection coefficient) 특성을 갖는다. 제작된 도파관 전압조정 발진기는 870 MHz의 대역폭 (bandwidth)과 12.0 dBm ~ 13.75 dBm의 출력 전력 특성을 나타내었다. 위상잡음 특성은 1 MHz 오프셋 (offset)에서 -100.78 dBc/Hz의 우수한 특성을 얻었다.

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