Local stability analysis of microwave oscillators based on Nyquist's theorem

IEEE Microwave and Guided Wave Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 341-343

  Rizzoli, Vittorio ^a,b   Neri, Andrea ^a,c   Masotti, Diego ^d  

^a IEEE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c FONDAZIONE UGO BORDONI   (Italy)

^d Beghelli Srl ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Harmonic balance; Nonlinear CAD; Stability analysis

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; MICROWAVE CIRCUITS; NONLINEAR NETWORK ANALYSIS;

DIELECTRIC RESONATOR OSCILLATORS (DRO); NYQUIST'S THEOREM; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS;

EID: 0031258931     PISSN: 10518207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/75.631195     Document Type: Article

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