Frequency stability and phase noise performance of X-band to Ka-band active multiplier

Romain Bara-Maillet; Daniel Creedon; Stephen Parker; Jean-Michel Le Floch; Michael Tobar

doi:10.1049/el.2015.1952

Frequency stability and phase noise performance of X-band to Ka-band active multiplier

Romain Bara-Maillet, Daniel Creedon, Stephen Parker, Jean-Michel Le Floch, Michael Tobar

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© 2015 The Institution of Engineering and Technology. The performance of an active frequency doubler used to generate a pump signal for a solid-state microwave amplification by stimulated emission of radiation (MASER) based on paramagnetic impurity ions in sapphire is reported. The frequency doubler has been characterised in terms of phase noise, power dependence and frequency stability (Allan variance) for an output frequency range between 20 and 40 GHz. With the measurement system referenced to a 10 MHz hydrogen MASER, the doubler exhibits a single sideband phase noise of ∼-108 dBc/Hz at 1 Hz offset frequency, from which an upper limit fractional frequency instability of about 2 × 10-16 at 1 s integration time is estimated.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2015-2017
Number of pages	3
Journal	Electronics Letters
Volume	51
Issue number	24
Early online date	27 Oct 2015
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1049/el.2015.1952
Publication status	Published - 30 Nov 2015

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Frequency stability and phase noise performance of X-band to Ka-band active multiplier

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