Low Noise 9-GHz Sapphire Resonator-Oscillator with Thermoelectric Temperature Stabilization at 300 Kelvin

IEEE Microwave and Guided Wave Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 108-110

  Searls, J H ^b   Ivanov, E N ^a   Woode, R A ^a   Mann, A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Poseidon Scientific Instruments Pty Ltd ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL RESONATORS; FEEDBACK; FREQUENCIES; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THERMOELECTRICITY;

FEEDBACK ELECTRONICS; PHASE NOISE; WHISPERING GALLERY MODES;

CRYSTAL OSCILLATORS;

EID: 0029290666     PISSN: 10518207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/75.372807     Document Type: Article

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