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Design of compact signal source with reduced phase noise for airborne pulse Doppler RF sensor

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 October 2024

Vipin Kumar Open the ORCID record for Vipin Kumar [Opens in a new window]  and
Jayanta Ghosh Open the ORCID record for Jayanta Ghosh [Opens in a new window]
Vipin Kumar*
Affiliation:
Bharat Electronics Ltd Bengaluru, Karnataka, India Electronics and Communication Department, National Institute of Technology Patna, Bihar, India
Jayanta Ghosh
Affiliation:
Electronics and Communication Department, National Institute of Technology Patna, Bihar, India
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Corresponding author: Vipin Kumar; Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

In this article, a low phase noise signal source to be used as local oscillator in pulse Doppler radio frequency (PDRF) sensor is proposed. Innovative design techniques for realization of the low phase noise frequency source using phase-locked loop (PLL) and dielectric resonator (DR) are presented. Qualitative investigations have been carried out on the effect of phase noise in PDRF sensor performance. An X-band vibration resistant PLL-based frequency source with phase noise better than −95 dBc at 1 kHz frequency offset has been designed here. It also presents the design of a 7.6 GHz low phase noise, vibration resistant DR oscillator. Systematic analysis of the key design aspects, their thermal-vibrational stability, and ease of integration with hybrid microwave integrated circuits have been disclosed. A prototype board is fabricated, assembled in a compact mechanical enclosure of dimension 55 × 55 × 15 mm3. Finally, developed module is experimentally validated under 7.6 g rms magnitude random vibration test in three axes and compared results with other state of-the-art similar works. The comparison clearly shows the merit of present research work over other similar existing works.

Keywords

dielectric resonator oscillator (DRO)phase-locked loop (PLL)phase noisepulse Doppler radio frequency (PDRF)pulse repetition frequency (PRF)random vibration (RV)
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Research Paper
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International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies , Volume 16 , Issue 6 , July 2024 , pp. 955 - 965
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© The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press in association with The European Microwave Association.

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