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http://dx.doi.org/10.5515/KJKIEES.2012.23.5.613

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

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)
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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.
Keywords
Artificial Dielectric Resonator; Vt-ADRO; Closed-Loop Type Oscillator;
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