Phase Noise Analysis of the Sapphire Loaded Superconducting Niobium Cavity Oscillator

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 344-347

  Tobar, Michael E ^a   Blair, David G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHASE SHIFTERS; SAPPHIRE; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

ELECTRONIC NOISE; OPTIMUM BIAS CONDITIONS; PHASE NOISE ANALYSIS; SUPERCONDUCTING NIOBIUM CAVITY;

MICROWAVE AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0028371520     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.275269     Document Type: Article

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