Phase Noise in Externally Injection-Locked Oscillator Arrays

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2035-2042

  Chang, Heng Chia ^a,b   Cao, Xudong ^a,b   Vaughan, Mark J ^a,b   Mishra, Umesh K ^a,b   York, Robert A ^a,b  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b Endgate Technology Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Array noise; Globally locked; Injection locked; Injection strength; Noise admittance; Noise offset frequency; Phase noise; Power spectral density; Single element locked; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

COUPLED CIRCUITS; MESFET DEVICES; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; SYNCHRONIZATION;

INJECTION LOCKED OSCILLATOR; NOISE OFFSET FREQUENCY; PHASE NOISE; POWER SPECTRAL DENSITY; SYNCHRONIZED COUPLED OSCILLATOR SYSTEMS;

OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC);

EID: 0031273585     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.644229     Document Type: Article

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