• Current Optics and Photonics
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.53-58
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• 2018

A novel X-band high speed frequency sweep signal generator based on a tunable optoelectronic oscillator (OEO) incorporating a frequency-swept laser is presented and the theoretical fundamentals of the design are explained. A prototype of the generator with tuning range from 8.8552 GHz to 10.3992 GHz and a fine step about 8 MHz is achieved. The generated radiofrequency signal with a single sideband (SSB) phase noise lower than -100 dBc/Hz@10KHz is experimentally demonstrated within the whole tunable range, without any narrow RF band-pass filters in the loop. And the tuning speed of the frequency sweep signal generator can reach to over 1 GHz/s benefiting from applying a novel dispersion compensation modular instead of several tens of kilometers of optical fiber delay line in the system.

• 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.

• 전자공학회논문지A
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• 제31A권5호
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• pp.58-67
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• 1994

In this paper, It was designed the 2.8GHz local oscillator which convert 14.5 14.8GHz uplink frequency to 11.7 12.0GHz downlink frequency by the receiving mixer on the communication satellite transponder according to the rating of domestic satellite. Mukunghwa 1. To prevent the variation of the communication channel bandwidth, it needs a high stability and low phase noise characteristics. So we designed to get the target frequencey by multipling the output signal from the crystal oscillator. We got the simplicity of the circuit by manufacturing the X4 multiplier with transistor which is ordinarily used as a device of a below X3 multiplier for the efficiency.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.131-137
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• 2014

A 120 GHz voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) with a divider chain including an injection locked frequency divider (ILFD) and six static frequency dividers is demonstrated using 65-nm CMOS technology. The VCO is designed based on the LC cross-coupled push-push structure and operates around 120 GHz. The 60 GHz ILFD at the first stage of the frequency divider chain is based on a similar topology as the core of the VCO to ensure the frequency alignment between the two circuit blocks. The static divider chain is composed of D-flip flops, providing a 64 division ratio. The entire circuit consumes a DC power of 68.5 mW with the chip size of $1385{\times}835{\mu}m^2$.

• Journal of electromagnetic engineering and science
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.35-38
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• 2010

A fully integrated parallel-coupled 6-GHz quadrature voltage-controlled oscillator (QVCO) has been designed. The symmetrical parallel-coupled quadrature VCO is implemented using 0.13-${\mu}m$ CMOS process. The measured phase noise is -101.05 dBc/Hz at an offset frequency of 1 MHz. The tuning range of 710 MHz is achieved with a control voltage ranging from 0.3 to 1.4 V. The average output phase error is about $1.26^{\circ}$ including cables and connectors. The QVCO dissipates 10 mA including buffer from the 1.5 V supply voltage. The output characteristic of the differential injection-locked frequency divider (DILFD), which has similar topology to the QVCO, is presented.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2001년도 하계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.721-724
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• 2001

In this paper, we present the effect the length the MSL(Microstrip Line) on the oscillation characteristic of the fabricated VCOs(Voltage Controlled Oscillator) designed and analyzed by RF circuit simulator Serenade(ANSOFT Co.) and fabricated by screen printing method on the alumina substrate. We have fabricated VCOs with 3 different MSL length and each MSL length of the VCO is 140mi1, 280mil and 560mi1. The oscillation frequency of each sample(VCO) was tuned to UHF band(750MHz∼900MHz) varying the capacitance. The experimental result shows the phase noise -82∼-97[dBc/Hz] at a 50 [kHz] offset frequency, the pushing figure 94∼318[kHz] at 3${\pm}$0.15[V] and the harmonics 13∼21 [dBc] between MSL length 140mi1s and 560mi1. The frequency and output variation width are 779∼898[MHz], -36∼-33[dBm] at MSL length 140mi1; 818∼836[MHz], -27.19∼-27.06[dBm] at 280mi1;751.54∼751.198[MHz],-33.44∼ -33.31[dBm] at 560mi1. we examined 3 VCOs oscillation characteristic difference through comparison with phase noise, oscillation power and frequency by control voltage change, harmonics and pushing figure for each sample.

• 대한전기학회논문지:전기물성ㆍ응용부문C
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• 제52권11호
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• pp.536-543
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• 2003

In this paper, we describe a unique self oscillating and mixing (SOM) down-converter design using a modified defected ground structure (DGS). The proposed SOM converter is consisted of self-oscillator, which can produce negative resistance and select resonance frequency, RF matching circuit, and IF low pass filter. As the advantage of this SOM converter can mix LO and RF signals as well as inducing LO signal with only one active device. it is designed as a simple structure and the low cost. Also, there is easy advantage to be applied in RFIC/MMIC technology because it offers excellent phase noise performance in spite of using micro-strip structure. The LO signal for the proposed SOM converter is designed at 1㎓ and RF frequency was chosen to be 800MHz. The achieved conversion loss and phase noise performances of the implemented SOM converter are 15㏈ and -95dBc/Hz at 100KHz offset frequency respectively. The equivalent circuit parameters for DGS are extracted by using a three dimensional EM simulator and simple circuit analysis method.

• 전자공학회논문지SC
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• 제42권1호
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• pp.23-31
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• 2005

통신시스템의 경박단소화와 고부가가치 기술 추세에 따라 전압제어 수정발진기(VCXO)도 소형화와 경향화를 향하고 있다. 기존의 VCXO는 9×14mm의 크기가 주류를 이루었으나 양의 에미터결합논리(PECL)와 적층 세라믹 SMD 패키지기술을 통하여 5×7 mm의 크기로 소형화한 VCXO를 개발한다. 이는 역메사형 HFF 수정설계 기술과 세라믹 SMD 공정선을 접목시키고 생산프로세스를 단축하는 효과도 얻는다.

• 한국항행학회논문지
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.1-5
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• 2003

본 논문에서는 9개의 전형적인 Push-Push FET DRO(Dielectric Resonator Oscillator: 유전체 공진기 발진기)의 드레인단에 게이트단에서 이용했던 동일한 DR을 첨가하여 출력전력과 위상 잡음특성변화를 실험적으로 조사하였다. 9개 발진기는 10 GHz의 기본주파수를 이용하여 20 GHz를 발생할 수 있도록 설계되었고, 출력단에는 3개의 다른 종류의 전력 결합기를 채택했는데, 이들 각각에 대해 측정하였다. 결과적으로 Push-Push FET DRO의 출력전력은 DR을 첨가함으로 향상되어질 수 있는 것과 위상잡음특성은 DR을 첨가하기 전과 대체로 같은 특성을 유지하는 것을 관찰할 수 있었다.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.325-328
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• 2020

This paper demonstrated a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) using cost-effective (1-poly 6-metal) mixed signal standard CMOS process. To have the high-quality factor inductor in LC resonator with thin metal thickness, patterned-ground shields (PGS) was adopted under the spiral to effectively reduce the ac current of low resistive Si substrate. And, because of thin top-metal compared with that of RF option (2 ㎛), we make electrically connect between the top metal (M6) and the next metal (M5) by great number of via array along the metal traces. The circuit operated from 2.48 GHz to 2.62 GHz tuned by accumulation-mode varactor device. And the measured phase noise of LC VCO has -123.7 dBc/Hz at 1MHz offset at 2.62 GHz and the dc-power consumption shows 2.07 mW with 1.8V supply voltage, respectively.