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Agilent EEsof EDA This document is owned by Agilent Technologies, but is no longer kept current and may contain obsolete or inaccurate references. We regret any inconvenience this may cause. For the latest information on Agilent’s line of EEsof electronic design automation (EDA) products and services, please go to: /fi nd/eesof tutorial Designing a low-noise VCO on FR4 Using a CAD program,you can design a cost-effective voltage controlled oscillator using inexpensive PWB materials. microwave frequencies. This is an un- varactor noise. By Randall W. Rhea loaded material Q of 125 to 50, which is adequate to support lowpass filters, Initial considerations lthough FR4 material and process broadband bandpass filters and many The output power, harmonic level Ahandling are widely available, the oscillators. Edge-coupled, hairpin and and power supply specifications are un- poorly controlled dielectric constant and interdigital filters, have resonate remarkable and are typical of systems high-loss tangent challenge the design of quarter wavelength open ends with with ample supply power. The design is high performance circuits. This article high field intensity and are not a good driven by the phase-noise specification, illustrates the use of modern computer choice for filters on FR4. On the other the characteristics of FR4 and the aided design (CAD) techniques and pro- hand, combline filters replace this end narrow tuning range (2.2%