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Subharmonic injection‐locking and self‐oscillating mixing
Author(s) -
Plessas F.,
Papalambrou A.,
Kalivas G.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
international journal of circuit theory and applications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.364
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1097-007X
pISSN - 0098-9886
DOI - 10.1002/cta.478
Subject(s) - colpitts oscillator , injection locking , mixing (physics) , power consumption , subharmonic , power (physics) , phase noise , physics , electrical engineering , control theory (sociology) , engineering , computer science , nonlinear system , local oscillator , optics , quantum mechanics , vackář oscillator , laser , control (management) , artificial intelligence
Subharmonic injection‐locking and self‐oscillating mixing functions of a modified Colpitts oscillator operating at 1 GHz are reported. The injection‐locking circuit, using a GaAs FET, is described theoretically and experimentally. Phase noise, power consumption and conversion gain measurements indicate that the proposed design is attractive for low‐cost, low‐power consumption front‐ends. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.