Abstract

Several design procedures for oscillators are proposed and compared with commercial CAD tools and finally with measurements of fabricated voltage controlled MMIC prototypes. All of the proposed design techniques are easy to implement in any CAD package, or even to code in any Language. They provide, not only appropriate initial values for the components in more complete simulations, but also accurate final results. Measurements permit the validation of the whole design process, the models and the technology used. The Philips GaAs ER07AD process (Limeil, Paris) has been employed.