• DocumentCode
    928413
  • Title

    Spurious oscillations in IMPATT oscillators

  • Author

    Hobson, G.S. ; Tozer, R.C.

  • Author_Institution
    University of Sheffield, Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, Sheffield, UK
  • Volume
    11
  • Issue
    14
  • fYear
    1975
  • Firstpage
    291
  • Abstract
    Incorrect circuit design of cavity-controlled IMPATT oscillators may cause low-frequency instabilities and frequency jumping, which are simply avoidable. A simple technique for identifying the avalanche resonance frequency of packaged IMPATT oscillators is also described.
  • Keywords
    IMPATT diodes; circuit oscillations; frequency stability; microwave oscillators; solid-state microwave circuits; IMPATT oscillators; avalanche resonance frequency; frequency jumping; low frequency instability;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19750220
  • Filename
    4236739