DocumentCode
1054673
Title
Phase noise in distributed oscillators
Author
White, C.J. ; Hajimiri, A.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
Volume
38
Issue
23
fYear
2002
fDate
11/7/2002 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1453
Lastpage
1454
Abstract
The phase noise of a distributed oscillator is evaluated very simply by identifying an effective capacitance equal to the total capacitance distributed along the transmission lines. The contributions of the various passive and active noise sources to the total phase noise are calculated revealing several guidelines for improved distributed oscillator designs.
Keywords
capacitance; circuit noise; distributed parameter networks; microwave oscillators; nonlinear network analysis; phase noise; voltage-controlled oscillators; active noise sources; distributed oscillators; effective capacitance; microwave oscillators; passive noise sources; phase noise; total capacitance; transmission lines; voltage-controlled oscillators;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:20020982
Filename
1068037
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