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MPhil thesis of Lo Chi Wa - Department of Electronic & Computer ...

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The decrease in quality factor is due to the ignorance <strong>of</strong> the quality factor <strong>of</strong> the linearcapacitors.Table 7 Summary <strong>of</strong> parameters <strong>of</strong> switchable-capacitor arrayCalculated MeasuredCapacitance (tuned-on with 1.5V) 1.95pF 2.4pFCapacitance (tuned-<strong>of</strong>f) 0.61pF 1.05pFTuning range 63% 56%Quality factor (tuned-on with 1.5V) 19 15Quality factor (tuned-<strong>of</strong>f) N.A. 11Capacitance <strong>of</strong> linear capacitors 1.95pF 2.3pFQuality factor <strong>of</strong> linear capacitors N.A. 40Voltage-controlled oscillator and frequency synthesizerTesting setupThe testing setup for VCO and frequency synthesizer measurements is shown in Fig.125. A signal generator is used to provide the frequency reference source for thesynthesizer. A computer program is used to provide the channel selection word to thesynthesizer and program the shift register for saving the number <strong>of</strong> peripheral pads,which stores the coefficients for the gain and <strong>of</strong>fset adjustments. Bond wires and flatcables are used to connect the frequency synthesizer to the parallel port <strong>of</strong> the computer.A data generator or a pulse generator is used to direct modulate the frequencysynthesizer. A high-impedance probe or a DC probe connected to a signal analyzer isused to measure the tuning voltage <strong>of</strong> the voltage-controlled oscillator. The highimpedanceprobe is used when the dynamic response <strong>of</strong> the frequency synthesizer ismeasured. The DC probe is used when the internal bias condition is measured. The117

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