Title :
Active integrated antenna oscillator stability and phase noise reduction
Author :
Zheng, M. ; Andrews, J.W. ; Hall, P.S. ; Gardner, P. ; Chen, Q. ; Fusco, V.F.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Birmingham Univ., UK
Abstract :
Active microstrip patch antennas have been stabilised using cavity-backed and phase-locked-loop (PLL) controlled techniques. Experimental results show that phase noise reductions of up to 25 and 26 dB respectively can be realised
Keywords :
active antennas; cavity resonators; circuit noise; circuit stability; interference suppression; microstrip antennas; microwave oscillators; millimetre wave antennas; phase locked loops; phase noise; EHF; K-band; MM-wave operation; PLL control techniques; SHF; active integrated antenna oscillator stability; active microstrip patch antennas; cavity-backed configuration; phase noise reduction; phase-locked-loop; Detectors; Frequency synthesizers; Patch antennas; Phase detection; Phase locked loops; Phase noise; Sliding mode control; Stability; Substrates; Voltage-controlled oscillators;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave and Millimeter Wave Technology Proceedings, 1998. ICMMT '98. 1998 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4308-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICMMT.1998.768281
