A mode locked array of coupled phase locked loops

Author

Lynch, Jonathan J. ; York, Robert A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., Santa Barbara, CA, USA

Volume

5

Issue

7

fYear

1995

fDate

7/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

213

Lastpage

215

Abstract

An array of coupled phase locked loops is configured to produce a comb spectrum, and therefore pulsed microwave power, using a frequency locking technique analogous to the mode locked optical laser. The basic principles of operation are derived and measurements of an 11-GHz system, built from commercially available microwave components, demonstrate the frequency and time domain characteristics

Keywords

arrays; coupled circuits; coupled mode analysis; frequency-domain analysis; microwave circuits; microwave generation; phase locked loops; pulse generators; pulsed power technology; voltage-controlled oscillators; 11 GHz; comb spectrum; coupled phase locked loops; frequency domain characteristics; frequency locking technique; microwave components; mode locked array; pulse power production; pulsed microwave power; quasioptical pulse generation; time domain characteristics; Frequency; Laser mode locking; Microwave antenna arrays; Microwave theory and techniques; Optical arrays; Optical coupling; Optical pulses; Phase locked loops; Phased arrays; Power lasers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave and Guided Wave Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8207

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/75.392278

Filename

392278