Low phase-noise sapphire crystal microwave oscillators: Current status

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 263-269

  Ivanov, Eugene N ^a   Tobar, Michael E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORUNDUM; CRYSTAL OSCILLATORS; MICROWAVE CIRCUITS; MICROWAVE GENERATION; MICROWAVE POWER TRANSMISSION; RESONATORS; SAPPHIRE;

CURRENT STATUS; ERROR SIGNALS; FOURIER; FREQUENCY LOCKING; LOW PHASE NOISE; MICROWAVE POWER; NOISE PERFORMANCE; OSCILLATOR FREQUENCIES; OSCILLATOR PHASE NOISE; PHASE-NOISE; PHASE-REFERENCING; SAPPHIRE CRYSTALS; SAPPHIRE RESONATORS;

MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS;

EID: 62349095878     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2009.1035     Document Type: Article

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