Limitation of the frequency stability by local oscillator phase noise: new investigations and natural improvements

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1152-1158

  Barillet, Roland ^a   Hamouda, Frédéric ^a   Venot, Didier ^a   Audoin, Claude ^a  

^a Laboratoire de l'Horloge Atomique   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; FREQUENCY MODULATION; FREQUENCY SYNTHESIZERS; MICROWAVES; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); RESONATORS; SIGNAL DISTORTION; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

DEMODULATION WAVEFORM; LOCAL OSCILLATOR PHASE NOISE; MEDIUM TERM FREQUENCY STANDARDS; QUASISTATIC APPROXIMATION; SQUARE WAVE FREQUENCY MODULATION;

FREQUENCY STABILITY;

EID: 0034263098     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.869056     Document Type: Article

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