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Abstract

The phase noise levels of the output signals provided by two CRLH (Composite Right-/Left-Handed) distributed oscillator configurations are measured and compared. The first CRLH oscillator configuration provides two output signals, drain-line and gate-line output signals, available at the ends of the drain-line and gate-line that are not used for connecting the oscillator feedback. The second CRLH oscillator configuration is obtained by adding a Wilkinson power combiner to the first configuration that sums the drain-line and gate-line output signals for a single-output signal, a combined output signal. The experimental results show that the best performance in terms of output power and spectral purity can be obtained for the single-output CRLH oscillator.

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Dr. Antonio Serino

Dr. Giancarlo Bartolucci

Dr. Lucio Scucchia

Prof. Stefan Simion