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Dual-Band VCO using Composite Right/Left-Handed Transmission Line and Tunable Negative Resistanc based on Pin Diode  

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.12, 2007 , pp. 16-21 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this paper, the dual-band voltage-controled oscillator (VCO) using the composite right/left-handed (CRLH) transmission line (TL) and the tunable negative resistance based on the fin diode is presented. It is demonstrated that the CRLH TL can lead to metamaterial transmission line with the dual-band tuning capability. The dual-band operation of the CRLH TL is achieved by the frequency offset and the phase slope of the CRLH TL, and the frequency ratio of the two operating frequencies can be a non-integer. Each frequency band of VCO has to operate independently, so we have used the tunable negative resistance based on the pin diode. When the forward bias has been into the pin diode, the phase noise of VCO is $-108.34\sim-106.67$ dBc/Hz @ 100 kHz in the tuning range, $2.423\sim2.597$ GHz, whereas when the reverse bias has been fed into the pin diode, that of VCO is $-114.16\sim-113.33$ dBc/Hz @ 100 kHz in the tuning range, $5.137\sim5.354$ GHz.
Keywords
Dual-Band VCO; Tunable Negative Resistance; Metamaterial; Composite Right/Left-Handed Transmission Line; Phase Noise;
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