7-13 GHz MMIC GaN HEMT Voltage-Controlled-Oscillators (VCOs) for Satellite Applications
Paper in proceeding, 2017

This paper reports on a Voltage-Controlled-Oscillator (VCO) chip set covering 7-13 GHz with phase noise better than -125 dBc/Hz at 1 MHz off-set. The chip set is implemented in GaN HEMT MMIC technology and designed for use in satellite transponders. 6 VCOs are used to cover the full range, each of them has tuning range about 1 GHz with output power in the order of 5 dBm. GaN HEMT technology is chosen for good radiation hardness and for the high power capability, enabling high signal-to-noise ratio and good far-carrier phase noise performance which is needed in future wideband communication systems.

HEMT

GaN

Voltage-Controlled-Oscillator

MMIC

phase noise

Author

Thi Ngoc Do Thanh

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Microwave Electronics

Mikael Hörberg

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Microwave Electronics

Szhau Lai

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Microwave Electronics

Sven-Henrik Wollersjo

Ruag Space AB

Daniel Johansson

Ruag Space AB

Herbert Zirath

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Microwave Electronics

Dan Kuylenstierna

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Microwave Electronics

2017 12TH EUROPEAN MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS CONFERENCE (EUMIC)

Vol. 2017-January 220-223
978-2-87487-048-4 (ISBN)

12th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference (EuMIC)
Nuremberg, Germany,

Subject Categories

Control Engineering

Signal Processing

Other Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering

DOI

10.23919/EuMIC.2017.8230699

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