Oscillator locking-bandwidth enhancement for coupled-oscillator applications

2001 31st European Microwave Conference, EuMC 2001

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages

  Wang, Xing ^a   Colwell, Michael ^a   Pearson, L Wilson ^a  

^a AMRL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUPLED OSCILLATOR SYSTEMS; COUPLED OSCILLATORS; INJECTED SIGNAL; LOCKING BANDWIDTH; MILLIMETER WAVELENGTH; PHASE GENERATION; RANDOM PHASE ERRORS; SIGNAL QUALITY;

LOCKS (FASTENERS);

EID: 84897568887     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EUMA.2001.338919     Document Type: Conference Paper

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