DocumentCode
799443
Title
A Time-Domain Model for Predicting the Injection Locking Bandwidth of Nonharmonic Oscillators
Author
Gangasani, Gautam Reddy ; Kinget, Peter R.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Columbia Univ., New York, NY
Volume
53
Issue
10
fYear
2006
Firstpage
1035
Lastpage
1038
Abstract
A delay-based model in the time domain is introduced to describe injection locking in nonharmonic oscillators, such as ring or relaxation oscillators. Using this model, the locking bandwidth of differential ring oscillators is derived. The model predictions are verified against simulations and measurements of a four-stage ring oscillator circuit built using discrete components
Keywords
injection locked oscillators; relaxation oscillators; time-frequency analysis; differential ring oscillators; injection lock range; injection locking; nonharmonic oscillators; relaxation oscillators; time-domain model; Bandwidth; Circuits; Delay; Frequency conversion; Frequency domain analysis; Injection-locked oscillators; Predictive models; Ring oscillators; Signal analysis; Time domain analysis; Differential ring oscillator; injection lock range; injection locking; nonharmonic oscillator; time-domain model;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1549-7747
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TCSII.2006.882239
Filename
1715572
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