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A Millimeter Wave Phase Locked and Frequency Multiplying Source

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A millimeter wave phase locked and frequency multiplying source is proposed in this paper. The design includes an X-band phase locked loop (PLL) frequency synthesizer as the base frequency source, and a monolithic millimeter wave frequency tripler, which is developed by using OMMIC 0.18μm pHEMT process. The PLL and the tripler are integrated in a single circuit board to make a low-cost and compact frequency source with the size of 6cm × 5cm. Measurement shows an output power of more than 4.8dBm at the frequency range from 35 to 36.7GHz. A phase noise of about -92dBc/Hz at 100kHz offset is achieved.

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Acknowledgements

This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Contract Number 60621002 and 90307016. The authors would like to thank Li Zhang, Rong Wang, Wei Li and Qin Li with the help in MPW project.

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  1. State Key Lab. of Millimeter Waves, School of Information Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, People’s Republic of China

    Pinpin Yan, Wei Hong & Jixin Chen

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Yan, P., Hong, W. & Chen, J. A Millimeter Wave Phase Locked and Frequency Multiplying Source. Int J Infrared Milli Waves 29, 282–290 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10762-008-9328-y

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