Title :
Phase noise of mixers
Author_Institution :
Mitre Corporation, Bedford, USA
Abstract :
A formula is derived for the output phase noise of a mixer when both the radio frequency RF and local oscillator LO carriers are impaired by phase noise. The calculation uses test results obtained with three discrete carriers. An application of the noise formula to frequency synthesis is included.
Keywords :
frequency synthesizers; mixers (circuits); random noise; LO; RF; calculation; discrete carriers; frequency synthesis; local oscillator; mixers; noise formula; output phase noise; radio frequency; test results;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19840535
