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A miniature frequency synthesizer module in W‐band
Author(s) -
Ruimin Mingzhou Zhan,
Lin Xu Weigan
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/mop.24915
Subject(s) - frequency synthesizer , dbc , frequency multiplier , phase noise , direct digital synthesizer , microwave , phase locked loop , extremely high frequency , electrical engineering , frequency band , physics , engineering , electronic engineering , optoelectronics , materials science , telecommunications , optics , cmos , antenna (radio)
This article is dedicated to the research on a miniaturized W‐band multiplied phase‐locked frequency synthesizer. This module adopts microwave frequency synthesizer and multiplying scheme. It is composed of a C‐band phase‐locked loop (PLL) frequency synthesizer and a millimeter‐wave (mm‐wave) ×4 × 3 multiplier chain. Measurements show that the W‐band multiplied frequency synthesizer module covers 92.4–95.6 GHz with a minimal step of 40 MHz, low phase noise (better than −75 dBc/Hz@10 kHz in the whole output frequency band), sufficient power (−5.7 dBm to −3.6 dBm), and only a very compact size of 9.8 cm long ×9.5 cm wide ×2.7 cm high. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 52: 412–416, 2010; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.24915