• 한국정보통신설비학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보통신설비학회 2009년도 정보통신설비 학술대회
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• pp.293-297
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• 2009

In this thesis, design of a VCO(Voltage controlled Oscillator) with a novel tuning mechanism is presented for the Radar system. This circuit, the 9.5 GHz oscillator is designed and implemented by restructuring microstrip resonator to raise Q value and to require a wide frequency tuning range. This product is fabricated on 2.6 Teflon substrate and device is NE722S01. In this paper, The new microstrip resonator VCO is proposed to achieve the characteristic of a wide frequency tuning range. This microstrip resonator VCO shows the phase noise characteristic of -108.3 dBc/Hz at 1 MHz offset from the fundamental frequency, the output power of 5.7 dBm and the second harmonic suppression of -38 dBc for the VCO are obtained. The manufacture VCO shows a frequency tuning range of 193.8 MHz. The proposed micro trip resonator VCO can be used for X-band Radar System with required tuning range.

• 한국전자파학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전자파학회 2003년도 종합학술발표회 논문집 Vol.13 No.1
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• pp.234-238
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• 2003

In this work, we have designed a fully integrated 2.4GHz LC-tuned voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) with multiple tuning inputs for a $0.25-{\mu}m$ standard CMOS Process. The design of voltage-controlled oscillator is based on an LC-resonator with a spiral inductor of octagonal type and pMOS-varactors. Only two metal layer have been used in the designed inductor. The frequency tuning is achieved by using parallel pMOS transistors as varactors and back-gate tuned pMOS transistors in an active region. Coarse tuning is achieved by using 3-bit pMOS-varactors and fine tuning is performed by using back-gate tuned pMOS transistors in the active region. When 3-bit digital and analog inputs are applied to the designed circuits, voltage-controlled oscillator shows the tuning feature of frequency range between 2.3 GHz and 2.64 GHz. At the power supply voltage of 2.5 V, phase noise is -128dBc/Hz at 3MHz offset from the carrier, Total power dissipation is 7.5 mW.

• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.139-143
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• 2015

A push-push voltage controlled dielectric resonator oscillator (VCDRO) with a modified frequency tuning structure using broadside couplers is investigated. The push-push VCDRO designed at 16 GHz is manufactured using a low temperature co-fired ceramic (LTCC) technology to reduce the circuit size. The frequency tuning structure using a broadside coupler is embedded in a layer of the A6 substrate by using the LTCC process. Experimental results show that the fundamental and third harmonics are suppressed above 15 dBc and 30 dBc, respectively, and the phase noise of push-push VCDRO is -97.5 dBc/Hz at an offset frequency of 100 kHz from the carrier. The proposed frequency tuning structure has a tuning range of 4.46 MHz over a control voltage of 1-11 V. This push-push VCDRO has a miniature size of 15 mm×15 mm. The proposed design and fabrication techniques for a push-push oscillator seem to be applicable in many space and commercial VCDRO products.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2003년도 통신소사이어티 추계학술대회논문집
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• pp.32-36
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• 2003

In this work, we have designed a fully integrated 2.4GHz LC-tuned voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) with multiple tuning inputs for a 0.25-$\mu\textrm{m}$ standard CMOS process. The design of voltage-controlled oscillator is based on an LC-resonator with a spiral inductor of octagonal type and pMOS-varactors. Only two metal layer have been used in the designed inductor. The frequency tuning is achieved by using parallel pMOS transistors as varactors and back-gate tuned pMOS transistors in an active region. Coarse tuning is achieved by using 3-bit pMOS-varactors and fine tuning is performed by using back-gate tuned pMOS transistors in the active region. When 3-bit digital and analog inputs are applied to the designed circuits, voltage-controlled oscillator shows the tuning feature of frequency range between 2.3 GHz and 2.64 GHz. At the power supply voltage of 2.5 V, phase noise is -128dBc/Hz at 3MHz offset from the carrier. Total power dissipation is 7.5 mW.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2004년도 ICEIC The International Conference on Electronics Informations and Communications
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• pp.218-220
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• 2004

A new wide-band VCO topology using Miller capacitance is proposed. Contrary to conventional VCO using the Miller capacitance where the variable amplifier gain is negative, the proposed VCO uses both the negative and positive variable amplifier gain to enhance the frequency tuning range significantly. The proposed VCO is simulated using HSPICE. The simulations show that 410MHz and 220MHz frequency tuning range are obtained using the negative .and positive variable amplifier gain, respectively. The tuning range of the proposed VCO is $23\%$ of the center frequency(2.8GHz). The phase noise is -104dBc/Hz at 1MHz offset by simple model. The operating current is only 3.84mA at 2.5V power supply.

• 한국군사과학기술학회지
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.64-72
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• 2005

In this paper, we propose a design method of the millimeter-wave(W-Band) waveguide cavity harmonic voltage controlled oscillator(VCO) using a Gunn diode for the armor sensor. Using the 3-dimensional simulation tool(Ansoft $HFSS^{TM}$), we were able to find the impedance matching point between waveguide and Gunn diode and estimate the oscillation frequency. A varactor diode is used for the frequency tuning, and we find out the equation for the calculation of the tunable frequency range. The designed VCO shows good performances; 17dBm output power at 94GHz center frequency, 520MHz frequency tuning range similar to the estimated value(480MHz).

• 전자공학회논문지A
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• 제33A권2호
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• pp.78-86
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• 1996

Solid-state devices can be directly integrated with a planar antenna to form active antenna elements. In this paper, the voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) is designed and fabricated at 2.4 to 2.5 GHz using a microstrip patch antenna. A varactor diode is used as avariable reactance. The predicted frequency tuning range of the VCO is 2.448 to 2.498 GHz in the design procedure and the fabricated VCO has 2.446 to 2.498 GHz frequency tuning range when the varactor tuning voltage is varied from 0 to 11V. Transmitted power output of the patch antenna which serves both as a rsonator and a radiating element for VCO is about 18 mW over this tuning range.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제35권5A호
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• pp.513-518
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• 2010

전압제어 발진기의 위상잡음 특성을 개선하기 위해 결합 마이크로스트립라인을 이용하여 공진주파수를 동조하는 변형된 구조의 주파수 동조회로를 제안한다. 위상잡음 특성이 개선됨을 실험적으로 입증하기 위해 주파수 동조회로를 제외하면 같은 구조를 갖는 2개의 9.8GHz HEMT 전압제어 발진기를 설계 및 제작하였다. 측정결과 결합마이크로스트립라인의 주파수 동조회로를 갖는 제안된 구조의 전압제어 발진기가 일반적인 전압제어 발진기에 비해 100KHz 오프셋 지점에서 8dBc/Hz 이상의 위상잡음 특성 개선효과를 나타내었다.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.121-126
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• 2012

본 논문에서는 전압제어 발진기에서 변형된 구조의 주파수 동조회로를 갖는 push-push 전압제어 유전체 공진 발진기를 설계 및 제작하였다. Push-push 전압제어 유전체 공진 발진기는 중심주파수 16GHz에서 설계되었으며, LTCC (Low Temperature Co-fired Ceramic) 기술 공정의 장점을 이용하여 주파수 동조 회로를 A6 기판의 중간 layer에 삽입하여 설계하였으며 이로 인해 회로의 전체 크기를 줄일 수 있었다. 제작된 push-push 전압제어 유전체 공진 발진기의 측정결과 기본 주파수의 억압특성은 30dBc 이상 특성을 나타내었으며 0~12V의 제어전압 범위에서 0.43MHz의 주파수 튜닝 대역폭을 얻었다. 또한 커리어로부터 100KHz 떨어진 지점에서 -103dBc/Hz의 위상잡음 특성을 나타내었다.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제38A권12호
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• pp.991-997
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• 2013

본 논문에서는 아날로그필터를 위한 새로운 구조의 주파수 제어 방식(frequency tuning scheme)과 트랜스컨덕턴스(gm) 가변 범위가 넓은 트랜스컨덕터(OTA: Operational transconductor amplifier) 회로를 제안하였다. 제안된 주파수 제어 방식은 트랜스컨덕터와 커패시터로 구성된 1차 저역통과필터의 시정수와 커패시터에 일정 전압이 충전되는데 걸리는 시간과의 관계식을 이용한 것으로 전압제어필터 방식과 유사하게 간단한 구조를 가지며, 기준신호로 순수 정현파를 필요로 하지 않고, 시스템 클럭 또는 외부 수정 발진 회로를 통해 쉽게 얻을 수 있는 클럭 펄스를 사용할 수 있다는 장점이 있다. 또한, 클럭 주파수가 고정된 조건에서도 복잡한 구조의 커패시터 어레이를 사용하지 않고 다중 대역 지원을 목적으로 차단 주파수를 가변하면서 제어할 수 있다. 그리고 모의 실험을 통해 제안된 자동 주파수 제어회로의 동작을 확인하였다.