Phase noise performance of microwave analog frequency dividers application to the characterization of oscillators up to the millimeter-wave range

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 935-940

  Llopis, Olivier ^a   Rejis, Myrianne ^a   Desgrez, Simon ^a   Graffeuil, Jacques ^a  

^a LAAS CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESFET DEVICES; MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

INJECTION LOCKED SYSTEMS; MICROWAVE ANALOG FREQUENCY DIVIDERS; PHASE NOISE; RESIDUAL NOISE TECHNIQUE;

FREQUENCY DIVIDING CIRCUITS;

EID: 0032690478     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.775660     Document Type: Article

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