Low frequency noise in resonant Josephson soliton oscillators

Phase locking between Josephson soliton oscillators.

Macroscopic resonant tunneling in the presence of low frequency noise.

We develop a theory of macroscopic resonant tunneling of flux in a double-well potential in the presence of realistic flux noise with a significant low-frequency component. The rate of incoherent flux tunneling between the wells exhibits resonant peaks, the shape and position of which reflect qualitative features of the noise, and can thus serve as a diagnostic tool for studying the low-frequen...

Monolithic Low Phase Noise Oscillators for Moderate Frequency Applications

Low noise oscillators are critical building blocks in a wide range of commercial electronics. Increased levels of integration have created a strong need for integrated oscillator solutions despite generally inferior noise performance. The development of non-linear noise models that can accurately and efficiently predict noise in ring oscillators aids designers in optimizing noise performance in...

Heterodyned Electrostatic Transduction Oscillators Evade Low Frequency Noise Aliasing

We recently demonstrated a polarization technique that eliminates the frequency drift due to dielectric charge in MEMS oscillators [1]. In this work we show that these oscillators are also firstorder insensitive to low-frequency voltage noise, with potential for significant positive impact on predicted close-to-carrier phase noise performance. Close-to-carrier noise also determines the limits o...

Noise Reduction in Transistor Oscillators: Part 1—Resonant Circuits

This series of articles discusses oscillator phase noise reduction techniques and gives specific resonant circuit solutions using lumped and distributed parameters for both frequency stabilization and phase noise reduction. These topics are covered in Part 1. Phase noise improvement can also be achieved by appropriate low-frequency loading and feedback circuitry optimization. The feedback syste...