A Low Phase-Noise VCO Using an Electronically Tunable Substrate Integrated Waveguide Resonator

作者：He Fan Fan^*; Wu Ke; Hong Wei; Han Liang; Chen Xiaoping

来源：IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, 2010, 58(12): 3452-3458.

DOI：10.1109/TMTT.2010.2081550

• Phase noise
• substrate integrated waveguide (SIW)
• tunable resonator
• varactor
• voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO)

In this paper, an X-band low phase- noise voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) using a novel electronically tunable substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) resonator is proposed and developed for RF/microwave applications on the basis of the substrate integrated circuits concept. In this case, the resonant frequency of the SIW cavity resonator is tuned by different dc-biasing voltages applied over a varactor coupled to the cavity. Measured results show that the tuning range of the resonator is about 630 MHz with an unloaded Q(U) of 138. Subsequently, a novel reflection-type low phase noise VCO is developed by taking advantage of the proposed tunable resonator. Measured results demonstrate a frequency tuning range of 460 MHz and a phase noise of 88 dBc/Hz at a 100-kHz offset over all oscillation frequencies. The VCO is also able to deliver an output power from 6.5 to 10 dBm. This type of VCO is very suitable for low-cost microwave and millimeter-wave applications.

• 出版日期2010-12
• 单位东南大学