Efficient stability analysis of free running microwave oscillators in the frequency domain

International Journal of Numerical Modelling: Electronic Networks, Devices and Fields

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 171-179

  Fillebock M ^a,b   Russer, P ^a,c,d,e,f  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b JMI Institute   (Japan)

^c VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^d AEG   (Canada)

^e Research Institute of AEG Telefunken ^*

^f LEIBNIZ INSTITUT FÜR HÖCHSTFREQUENZTECHNIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); DAMPING; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY STABILITY; ITERATIVE METHODS; MICROWAVE CIRCUITS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

COUPLING STABILITY ANALYSIS; GLOBAL STABILITY ANALYSIS; HOMOTOPY;

MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS;

EID: 0030143767     PISSN: 08943370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1204(199605)9:3<171::AID-JNM214>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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