Title :
Phase noise in distributed oscillators
Author :
White, C.J. ; Hajimiri, A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
fDate :
11/7/2002 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The phase noise of a distributed oscillator is evaluated very simply by identifying an effective capacitance equal to the total capacitance distributed along the transmission lines. The contributions of the various passive and active noise sources to the total phase noise are calculated revealing several guidelines for improved distributed oscillator designs.
Keywords :
capacitance; circuit noise; distributed parameter networks; microwave oscillators; nonlinear network analysis; phase noise; voltage-controlled oscillators; active noise sources; distributed oscillators; effective capacitance; microwave oscillators; passive noise sources; phase noise; total capacitance; transmission lines; voltage-controlled oscillators;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20020982
