Title :
Automatic gain controlled oscillating amplifier
Author :
Smith, P.M. ; Edmonson, P.J. ; Campbell, C.K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McMaster Univ., Hamilton, Ont., Canada
Abstract :
An amplifier based on an injection-locked surface transverse wave oscillator is described and characterised. It is shown to exhibit automatic gain control. Its noise performance is discussed for the case of a 2 Mbit/s binary phase shift key signal.
Keywords :
amplifiers; automatic gain control; nonlinear network synthesis; oscillators; phase shift keying; 2 Mbit/s; amplifier; automatic gain control; binary phase shift key signal; injection-locked surface transverse wave oscillator; noise performance;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19911192
