Synchronization analysis of autonomous microwave circuits using new global-stability analysis tools

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 494-504

  Suárez, Almudena ^a,c   Morales, José ^a   Quéré, Raymond ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL EXPERIMENTAL DEL TÁCHIRA   (Venezuela)

^c Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

Bifurcation; Continuation method; Frequency divider; Stability; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY DIVIDING CIRCUITS; FREQUENCY STABILITY; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; MILLIMETER WAVES; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SYNCHRONIZATION;

CONTINUATION METHOD;

MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 85040748282     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.668647     Document Type: Article

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