An analytical approach in calculation of noise spectrum in microwave oscillators based on harmonic balance

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 822-831

  Mehrshahi, Esfandiar ^a   Farzaneh, Forouhar ^a  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Harmonic analysis; Microwave oscillators; Nonlinear circuits; Oscillator noise; Phase noise

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005101328     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.841877     Document Type: Article

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