Title :
A Novel Low Phase Noise X-Band Oscillator
Author :
Apte, Anisha M. ; Poddar, Ajay K. ; Rudolph, Matthias ; Rohde, Ulrich L.
Author_Institution :
Brandenburg Univ. of Technol., Cottbus, Germany
Abstract :
In this article, we presented an X-band oscillator based on a novel CCMR using SIW technology. The measured results show that the proposed oscillator using active complementary coupled metamaterial has low phase noise and a good FOM for a given size and dc power consumption.
Keywords :
UHF oscillators; metamaterials; microwave oscillators; phase noise; power consumption; substrate integrated waveguides; CCMR; FOM; SIW technology; X-band oscillator; active complementary coupled metamaterial; dc power consumption; low phase noise; Couplings; Magnetic confinement; Phase noise; Q-factor; Radar measurements; Resonant frequency; Tuning;
Journal_Title :
Microwave Magazine, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MMM.2014.2367957
