Radiation Coupling Of Inter-Injection-Locked Oscillators

Song-Lin Young; Karl D. Stephan

doi:10.1117/12.940799

24 September 1987 Radiation Coupling Of Inter-Injection-Locked Oscillators

Song-Lin Young, Karl D. Stephan

Proceedings Volume 0791, Millimeter Wave Technology IV and RF Power Sources; (1987) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.940799
Event: 1987 Technical Symposium Southeast on Optics, Electro-Optics, and Sensors, 1987, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

Inter-injection-locked oscillators have been proposed as a simple and efficient alternative to conven-tional methods of driving millimeter-wave phased antenna arrays. In this concept, each radiating element is driven by its own oscillator, and phase control is achieved through inter-oscillator coupling networks. This paper examines the possibility of using free-space radiation coupling to synchronize inter-injection-locked oscillators. A discussion of the two-oscillator case leads to a simple model which predicts the behavior of the two possible modes. Predictions of this analysis are verified by an experimental study using an X-band planar Gunn oscillator, and implications for more sophisticated arrays are discussed.

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Song-Lin Young and Karl D. Stephan "Radiation Coupling Of Inter-Injection-Locked Oscillators", Proc. SPIE 0791, Millimeter Wave Technology IV and RF Power Sources, (24 September 1987); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.940799

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