V-Band GaAs pHEMT Cross-Coupled Sub-Harmonic Oscillator

A V-band cross-coupled sub-harmonic injection-locked oscillator has been designed and fabricated using 0.15-mum GaAs pHMET technology. Based on the known harmonic injecting circuit topology, this oscillator was designed by a differential output approach, a low-Q microstrip-line resonator, and a current mirror, which has a free-running oscillation frequency around 60GHz with a tuning range of 2.5GHz (from 57.8GHz to 60.3GHz). The maximum single-end output power is 3.8dBm with a dc dissipation of 225mW under a -3V supply voltage. Within the input matching network for second (30GHz) and fourth (15GHz) sub-harmonic signals injection, it demonstrates the maximum locking ranges close to 120MHz and 30MHz, respectively