TY - JOUR
T1 - Microwave-to-millimeter-wave synthesis chain phase noise performance
AU - Bara-Maillet, Romain
AU - Parker, Stephen
AU - Nand, N.R.
AU - Le Floch, Jean-Michel
AU - Tobar, Michael
PY - 2015/10/13
Y1 - 2015/10/13
N2 - © 1986-2012 IEEE. We report on the phase noise measurement of a millimeter-wave synthesis chain developed for a continuous wave (CW) source exhibiting high frequency stability. We quantify the performance of each multiplication stage in terms of phase spectral purity. From the initial cryogenic sapphire oscillator generating 12.97 GHz, a total multiplication factor of eight is applied through two stages to reach a frequency of 103.75 GHz. We find that the chain performance is primarily limited by the phase noise of the initial frequency doubler.
AB - © 1986-2012 IEEE. We report on the phase noise measurement of a millimeter-wave synthesis chain developed for a continuous wave (CW) source exhibiting high frequency stability. We quantify the performance of each multiplication stage in terms of phase spectral purity. From the initial cryogenic sapphire oscillator generating 12.97 GHz, a total multiplication factor of eight is applied through two stages to reach a frequency of 103.75 GHz. We find that the chain performance is primarily limited by the phase noise of the initial frequency doubler.
U2 - 10.1109/TUFFC.2015.007076
DO - 10.1109/TUFFC.2015.007076
M3 - Article
C2 - 26470051
VL - 62
SP - 1895
EP - 1900
JO - IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control
JF - IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control
SN - 0885-3010
IS - 10
ER -