Modeling Phase Noise in Frequency Dividers

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1990, Pages 307-315

  Egan, William F ^a,b  

^a GENERAL DYNAMICS   (United States)

^b NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY SYNTHESIZERS; LOGIC CIRCUITS, EMITTER COUPLED; NOISE, SPURIOUS SIGNAL--SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

FREQUENCY DIVIDERS; PHASE NOISE MODEL;

ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS, FREQUENCY DIVIDING;

EID: 0025460929     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.56498     Document Type: Article

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