Electronic tuning of stable transferred electron oscillators

The problem of electronic tuning of microwave osciilator structures characterized by high energy storage and hence low noise is considered. The evolution of a wide-band varactor tuned J-band oscillator is described, and analytical criteria are presented which determine the position of the varactor diode and the theoretical maximum tuning range available including Varactor loss. Experimental results confirm the validity of the circuit model used for the proposed oscillator structures.