• DocumentCode
    3059842
  • Title

    Microwave regenerative dividers with low phase noise

  • Author

    Ferre-Pikal, E.S. ; Walls, F.L.

  • Author_Institution
    Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Boulder, CO, USA
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    1998
  • fDate
    7-12 June 1998
  • Firstpage
    1447
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate regenerative divide-by-two (halver) circuits with very low phase modulation (PM) noise at input frequencies of 18.4 GHz and 39.8 GHz. The PM noise of the 18.4 to 9.2 GHz divider pair was /spl Lscr/(10 Hz)=-134 dB below the carrier in a 1 Hz bandwidth (dBc/Hz) and /spl Lscr/(10 MHz)=-166 dBc/Hz, and the PM noise of the 39.8 GHz to 19.9 GHz divider pair was /spl Lscr/(10 Hz)=-122 dBc/Hz and /spl Lscr/(10 MHz)=-167 dBc/Hz.
  • Keywords
    frequency dividers; microwave frequency convertors; phase noise; 9.2 to 39.8 GHz; divide-by-two circuits; halver circuits; low phase noise; microwave regenerative dividers; 1f noise; Bandwidth; Broadband amplifiers; Circuit noise; Frequency conversion; Noise generators; Phase modulation; Phase noise; RF signals; Radio frequency;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Symposium Digest, 1998 IEEE MTT-S International
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD, USA
  • ISSN
    0149-645X
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-4471-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MWSYM.1998.700647
  • Filename
    700647