Rollett proviso in the stability of linear microwave circuits - A tutorial

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 993-1000

  Jackson, Robert W ^a,b,c  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Microwave amplifier stability; Network determinant; Normalized determinant function (NDF); Nyquist test; Oscillator stability; Rollett proviso; Unconditional stability

Indexed keywords

MICROWAVE AMPLIFIER STABILITY; NETWORK DETERMINANTS; NORMALIZED DETERMINANT FUNCTION (NDF); NYQUIST TEST; OSCILLATOR STABILITY; ROLLETT PROVISO; UNCONDITIONAL STABILITY;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT TESTING; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SYSTEM STABILITY;

MICROWAVE CIRCUITS;

EID: 33644981080     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2006.869719     Document Type: Article

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