Analog Devices Launches Quadband VCOs Offering Wideband Capabilities Without Compromising Phase Noise Performance for Microwave Applications

• View the quadband VCO product pages, download data sheets and order samples:

http://www.analog.com/HMC8074
http://www.analog.com/HMC8362
http://www.analog.com/HMC8364

• Learn more about ADI’s VCOs: https://www.analog.com/en/products/rf-microwave/vcos-plos.html

The quadband VCO series offers ultra-wideband capabilities with fundamental frequencies ranging from 8.3 GHz to 26.6 GHz. In addition to providing low phase noise, the VCOs do not generate subharmonic frequency tones. This combination of wideband capability and low phase noise is essential in many of today’s high-end instrumentation and aerospace and defense applications. 

Quadband VCO Features and Benefits

• Integrate fundamental oscillators, resulting in no sub-harmonic tones being generated by any multiplication effects in the device
• Short switching time between VCO bands without voltage overshoot
• Low supply current consumption (as low as 60mA Typ)
• Lower tuning voltage than traditional single-band Wideband VCOs, and narrower sensitivity versus frequency, reducing the complexity of the loop filter design

Encapsulated in a small 40-lead 6x6mm LFCSP SMT package.