coarse tuning for LC VCO question
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
The simplest way is use SPXT switch to switch the capacitors.
Could you Explain a Little More about spxt Switches
are you designing a microstrip oscillator, or an IC chip?
The bigest problem in such things are the parasitic reactances related to the structure. you need some sort of active device (FET or PIN diode) to switch in/out each capacitor, and those devices also require a biasing scheme. All of these things lead to a total reactance vs. frequency that is more complicated than a simple fixed capacitor--so that all has to be analyzed properly.
it's an IC chip oscillator and yes all the problem is about the parastics that the switches will add which will degrade the performance and the quality factor
I'm not a chip designer, but I would guess that some sort of bank of FETs with their sources to ground and their drains to the different capacitor values would work best. You can turn on/off each capacitor with the gate voltage--eliminating the need for bias networks. Keep everything laid-out very tightly, no long line lengths.
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