TY - CHAP A1 - Hilsenbeck, Jochen A1 - Lenk, Friedrich A1 - Heinrich, Wolfgang A1 - Würfl, Joachim T1 - Low phase noise MMIC VCOs for Ka-band applications with improved GaInP/GaAs-HBT technology T2 - Gallium Arsenide Integrated Circuit (GaAs IC) Symposium, 2003, 25th Annual Technical Digest 2003, San Diego, California, November 9 - 12, 2003 N2 - We report on the technology and performance of fully monolithic coplanar voltage-controlled oscillators (VCOs) with GaInP/GaAs-HBTs as the active devices. With our optimized HBT process, the parasitic base resistance R/sub B/ and extrinsic base-collector capacitance C/sub EX/ are significantly reduced. In this way, the maximum frequency of oscillation F/sub max/ is increased from 100 to 170 GHz. This allows us to realize fundamental 38 GHz-VCOs with very low phase noise. At an oscillation frequency F/sub res/=34.2/spl plusmn/0.2 GHz, the VCO reaches phase noise levels of -87 dBc/Hz @ 100 kHz and -108 dBc/Hz @ 1 MHz offset frequency, respectively. To our knowledge, these phase noise values are the lowest GaAs data for Ka-band applications reported so far. Y1 - 2003 SN - 0-7803-7833-4 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/GAAS.2003.1252399 SP - 223 EP - 226 PB - IEEE Service Center CY - Piscataway, NJ ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Lenk, Friedrich A1 - Schott, Matthias A1 - Hilsenbeck, Jochen A1 - Würfl, Joachim A1 - Heinrich, Wolfgang T1 - Low phase-noise monolithic GaInP/GaAs-HBT VCO for 77 GHz T2 - 2003 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium digest, June 8 - 13, 2003, Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, vol. 2 N2 - Coplanar W-band push-push VCO MMICs using GaInP/GaAs HBTs are presented. One circuit operates at 77 GHz with phase noise of -92 dBc/Hz at 1 MHz offset. To our knowledge this is the first fully monolithic W-band VCO with phase noise better than -90 dBc/Hz. A second version with two varactor diodes yields an almost threefold relative tuning bandwidth. Y1 - 2003 SN - 0-7803-7695-1 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/MWSYM.2003.1212515 SP - 903 EP - 906 PB - IEEE Service Center CY - Piscataway, NJ ER -