{"title":"Flicker noise removal in microwave oscillators using GaAs based feedforward amplifiers","authors":"J. Everard, C. Broomfield","doi":"10.1109/FREQ.2001.956180","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Transposed flicker noise removal is demonstrated in a 7.6 GHz microwave oscillator for offsets greater than 10 kHz. This is achieved by using a GaAs based feedforward power amplifier as the oscillation sustaining stage. 20 dB noise suppression is demonstrated at 12.5 kHz offset when the error correcting amplifier is switched on. The phase noise rolls-off at (1//spl Delta/f)/sup 2/ for offsets greater than 10 kHz and is therefore set by the thermal noise to within 0-2 dB of the theoretical minimum. Preliminary results on some low frequency detection and low frequency feedback circuits are presented.","PeriodicalId":369101,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 2001 IEEE International Frequncy Control Symposium and PDA Exhibition (Cat. No.01CH37218)","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2001-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"9","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Proceedings of the 2001 IEEE International Frequncy Control Symposium and PDA Exhibition (Cat. No.01CH37218)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/FREQ.2001.956180","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 9
Abstract
Transposed flicker noise removal is demonstrated in a 7.6 GHz microwave oscillator for offsets greater than 10 kHz. This is achieved by using a GaAs based feedforward power amplifier as the oscillation sustaining stage. 20 dB noise suppression is demonstrated at 12.5 kHz offset when the error correcting amplifier is switched on. The phase noise rolls-off at (1//spl Delta/f)/sup 2/ for offsets greater than 10 kHz and is therefore set by the thermal noise to within 0-2 dB of the theoretical minimum. Preliminary results on some low frequency detection and low frequency feedback circuits are presented.