Start-up and Frequency Stability in High-Frequency Oscillators

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1992, Pages 810-820

  Nguyen, Nhat M ^a,b   Meyer, Robert G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Avantek Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE - NEGATIVE RESISTANCE; HARMONIC GENERATION;

FEEDBACK OSCILLATORS; MONOLITHIC LC OSCILLATOR; MULTI-OSCILLATION; NEGATIVE-RESISTANCE OSCILLATORS; PARASITIC ELEMENTS; START-UP CRITERIA;

OSCILLATORS, MICROWAVE;

EID: 0026869616     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: 1558173X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/4.133172     Document Type: Article

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