Synchronization analysis of two weakly coupled oscillators through a PPV macromodel

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 654-663

  Maffezzoni, Paolo ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Frequency locking; Frequency pulling; Perturbation projection vector (PPV); Phase domain macromodeling; Reliability of RF oscillators design; Synchronization of weakly coupled oscillators

Indexed keywords

EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; LOCKS (FASTENERS); OSCILLATORS (MECHANICAL);

COUPLED OSCILLATORS; FREQUENCY LOCKING; FREQUENCY PULLING; MACROMODELING; PROJECTION VECTORS; RF OSCILLATOR;

SYNCHRONIZATION;

EID: 77949358878     PISSN: 15498328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSI.2009.2025000     Document Type: Article

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