A Ka-Band MMIC Oscillator Stabilized with a Micromachined Cavity

IEEE Microwave and Guided Wave Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 360-362

  Kwon, Youngwoo ^a   Cheon, Changyul ^b   Kim, Nyuntae ^a   Kim, Chungwoo ^c   Song, Insang ^c   Song, Cimoo ^c  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b University of Seoul   (South Korea)

^c Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

MEMS; MMIC; oscillator; phase noise

Indexed keywords

CAVITY RESONATORS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MICROMACHINING; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

FREE RUNNING OSCILLATORS (FRO); MICROMACHINED CAVITY OSCILLATORS (MCO);

MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS;

EID: 0033321347     PISSN: 10518207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/75.790474     Document Type: Article

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