@article{10902/15605,
year = {2018},
month = {4},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10902/15605},
abstract = {A new methodology for the prediction of oscillator phase dynamics under the effect of an interference signal is presented. It is based on a semianalytical formulation in the presence of a noisy or modulated interferer, using a realistic oscillator model extracted from harmonic-balance simulations. The theoretical analysis of the phase process enables the derivation of key mathematical properties, used for an efficient calculation of the interfered-oscillator spectrum. The resulting quasi-periodic spectrum is predicted, as well as the impact of the interferer phase noise and modulation over each spectral component, in particular over the one at the fundamental frequency. It is demonstrated that under some conditions, the phase noise at this component is pulled to that of the interference signal. Resonance effects at multiples of the beat frequency are also predicted. In addition, the effects of interferer phase and amplitude modulation on the oscillator phase dynamics have been studied and compared. For that analysis, efficient simulation techniques have been developed. The analyses have been validated with experimental measurements in an FET-based oscillator at 2.5 GHz, obtaining excellent agreement.},
organization = {This work was supported in part by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF/FEDER) under research projects TEC2014-60283-C3-1-R and TEC2017-88242-C3-1-R, in part by the Juan de la Cierva Research Program under Grant IJCI-2014-19141, and in part by the Parliament of Cantabria through the project Cantabria Explora under Grant 12.JP02.64069},
publisher = {Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.},
publisher = {IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, 2018, 66(4), 1831-1842},
publisher = {IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS), Honolulu, USA, 2017},
title = {Effects of noisy and modulated interferers on the free-running oscillator spectrum},
author = {Sancho Lucio, Sergio Miguel and Pontón Lobete, María Isabel and Suárez Rodríguez, Almudena},
}