High-Q Thermoelectric-Stabilized Sapphire Microwave Resonators for Low-Noise Applications

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 391-396

  Tobar, Michael E ^a,b   Giles, Adrian J ^a,b   Edwards, Simon ^a,c   Searls, Jesse H ^a,c  

^a Department of Physics University of Westem Australia ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Poseidon Scientific Instruments Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCRIMINATORS; ELECTRIC FREQUENCY CONTROL; ELECTRIC FREQUENCY MEASUREMENT; FREQUENCY STABILITY; MICROWAVE DEVICES; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); Q FACTOR MEASUREMENT; SAPPHIRE; SIGNAL NOISE MEASUREMENT; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL EFFECTS;

FREE RUNNING LOOP OSCILLATOR; FREQUENCY TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT; RESIDUAL PHASE NOISE; SAPPHIRE LOADED CAVITY RESONATORS; SPURIOUS MODES; THERMOELECTRIC PELTIER ELEMENT;

CAVITY RESONATORS;

EID: 0028436918     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.285474     Document Type: Article

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