Voltage controlled oscillator capable of tuning negative resistance
View Patent ↗Provided is a voltage controlled oscillator having a new type of a resonator and a negative resistance part capable of finely tuning negative resistance. Thus, the voltage controlled oscillator has an excellent quality factor characteristic and can finely tune the negative resistance even after its fabrication is completed. The voltage controlled oscillator having an active element includes: a resonating unit for generating an oscillation frequency according to a resonance capacitance; a frequency tuning unit, connected to a source terminal of the active element, for tuning the oscillation frequency; and a negative resistance adjusting unit, connected to the frequency tuning unit, for generating a negative resistance to adjust the oscillation frequency, the negative resistance adjusting unit including a varactor diode for finely adjusting the negative resistance.
1. A voltage controlled oscillator having an active element, comprising:
a resonating unit for generating an oscillation frequency according to a resonance capacitance;
a frequency tuning unit, connected to a source terminal of the active element, for tuning the oscillation frequency; and
a negative resistance adjusting unit, connected to the frequency tuning unit, for generating a negative resistance to adjust the oscillation frequency, the negative resistance adjusting unit including a varactor diode for finely adjusting the negative resistance,
wherein the frequency tuning unit includes a coupling line and a varactor diode so as to minimize the degradation of quality factor, and
wherein the negative resistance adjusting unit includes an interdigital capacitance and a varactor diode and adjusts the negative resistance by varying an electrical length of the source terminal according to capacitance of the varactor diode.
2. The voltage controlled oscillator as recited in claim 1 , further comprising an output matching unit for band-pass-filtering the oscillation frequency component and removing DC component, thereby outputting a desired oscillation frequency.
3. The voltage controlled oscillator as recited in claim 1 , wherein the resonating unit is one of a coaxial resonator, a Hair-Pin resonator, and a dielectric resonator.