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    effect of noise figure on phase noise

    For proper calculation of phase noise induced by amplifier at close offsets one should use a flicker coefficient which is unknown in most cases (see Enrico Rubiola publications about phase noise in amplifiers). Ampllifier manufacturers don't measure this parameter because of small demand. Almost...
  2. Dr.Drew

    effect of noise figure on phase noise

    Perhaps you forgot to sutract 3 dB to consider only a phase part of a wideband thermal noise kT.
  3. Dr.Drew

    What's the function of the dielectric resonator in a dielectric resonator oscillator?

    It is not necessary to have a feedback element with filtering properties. If you are not interesting about phase noise you can use delay line in feedback for oscillator. If oscillation conditions are satisfied at two frequensies oscillation will occur at one of them - where gain margin will be...
  4. Dr.Drew

    What's the function of the dielectric resonator in a dielectric resonator oscillator?

    I don't think so. Oscillation frequency determined by phase and amplitude balance in closed loop. Where the phase shift is 2*pi and transistor gain is greater than feedback loss there is (at this frequency) an oscillation. Feedback elemet may not have amplitude frequency response like bell. For...
  5. Dr.Drew

    crystal filter after crystal oscillator to improve phase noise?

    Right. Absolute noise level at matched load kT-30=-174 dBm/Hz. Put ideal (noise free) sinusoidal signal with power p in through mathced transmission line to the load and you will get at the output a relative noise level -174-p. One half of this noise will be phase noise (i.e. -177-p) and the...
  6. Dr.Drew

    crystal filter after crystal oscillator to improve phase noise?

    Building ultra low phase noise OCXO 100MHz i used XTAL filter with similar resonator and achieved 2 kHz BW. Oscillator noise floor -165 dBc/Hz after filtering improved down to -182 dBc/Hz.
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    What is the difference between DRO and BPF-line feedback? What is more cost effective

    DRO's are being used in TV Sat converters traditionally because DR was only resonator up to X-band and higher with small outlines. LC-tank may work at 10 GHz only in MMIC which are last 10-15-20 years in research. Obviously, MMIC VCO is suitable for applications without outstanding requirements...
  8. Dr.Drew

    C-mode supression in 100 MHZ 5 OT SC-cut OCXO

    I'm designing 100 MHz OCXO using 5 OT SC-cut quartz crystall. Such crystalls have B-mode 3 dB greater than C-mode. How to supress it using external components? I need working schematic with equations for elements.
  9. Dr.Drew

    Urgent help needed in Crystal selection

    Second stage of IC i use as buffer with impedance tranformer/LPF. Harmonics are -30-40dBc up to 10th harmonic Higher harmonics are lower than -70 dBc.
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    Urgent help needed in Crystal selection

    Complex schematics. I often use UHS CMOS invertors TinyLogic series from Fairchild. With them an -175 dBc/Hz noise floor and -150dBc/Hz at 1 kHz offset at 100MHz is achievable. And schematic is very simple.
  11. Dr.Drew

    Which type of SMA connector is suitable for my design?

    Poor connector workign up to 8-10 GHz...with proper mounting... This will be better **broken link removed** I saw this connector up to 32 GHZ worked with RO4350. Of course you must calculate proper coplanar line.
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    Is it possible to find such a VCO?

    I mean, that power in resonator is constant.
  13. Dr.Drew

    Is it possible to find such a VCO?

    I don't think so. Using low noise Si bjt's one can achieve 100-1000 Hz flicker corner. So phase noise at 1 kHz is determined by Ql.
  14. Dr.Drew

    Is it possible to find such a VCO?

    I think, it's impossible. Simple calculation gives Ql=1500 or greater for 300-500 MHz VCO. If you have -120 at 1 kHz, then at 100 kHz will be approx. -170...-160. In most cases noise floor of oscillators is -170...-160. Then f0/2Ql=100 kHz and Ql=1500...2500. Only YIG can give such Q in octave...

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