Microwave regenerative frequency dividers with low phase noise

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 216-219

  Ferre Fikal, Eva S ^a   Walls, Fred L ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROWAVE DEVICES; PHASE MODULATION; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

MICROWAVE REGENERATIVE FREQUENCY DIVIDERS;

FREQUENCY DIVIDING CIRCUITS;

EID: 0032763221     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.741535     Document Type: Article

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