Noise characteristics of an oscillator with a barium strontium titanate (BST) varactor

IEE Proceedings: Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 96-102

  Victor, A ^a   Nath, J ^a   Ghosh, D ^a   Boyette, B ^a   Maria, J P ^a   Steer, M B ^a   Kingon, A I ^a   Stauf, G T ^b  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b ENTEGRIS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM COMPOUNDS; BENCHMARKING; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; TUNING; VARACTORS;

BARIUM STRONTIUM TITANATE (BST); CAPACITIVE TUNING ELEMENT; PHASE NOISE; PHASE NOISE DEGRADATION;

OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC);

EID: 32544431903     PISSN: 13502417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/ip-map:20050068     Document Type: Article

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