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Broadband VCO Using Electronically Controlled Metamaterial Transmission Line Based on Varactor-Loaded Split-Ring Resonator  

Choi, Jae-Won (Information and Telecommunication Engineering, Soongsil University)
Seo, Chul-Hun (Information and Telecommunication Engineering, Soongsil University)
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Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea TC / v.44, no.11, 2007 , pp. 54-59 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this paper, broadband voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) using electronically controlled metamaterial transmission line based on varactor-loaded split-ring resonator (VLSRR) is presented. First, it is demonstrated that VLSRR coupled to microstrip line can lead to metamaterial transmission line with tuning capability. The negative effective permeability is provided by the VLSRR in a narrow band above the resonant frequency, which can be bias controlled by virtue of the presence of varactor diodes. The VCO with 1.8 V power supply has phase noise of $-108.84\;{\sim}\;-106.84\;dBc/Hz$ @ 100 Hz in the tuning range, $5.47\;{\sim}\;5.84\;GHz$. The figure of merit (FOM) called power-frequency-tuning-normalized (PFTN) is 20.144 dB.
Keywords
broadband VCO; metamaterial; varactor-loaded split-ring resonator; tuning range; phase noise;
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