Abstract:
YIG oscillator apparatus comprises both an FET-based YIG oscillator circuit and a bipolar transistor-based YIG oscillator circuit inside a single magnetic structure. Both YIG spheres are disposed in the single air gap of the magnetic structure, which is defined by a pole piece which is tapered to an elongated pole surface which is only slightly larger than necessary to cover both YIG spheres.
Abstract:
A switchable, parallel-feedback, multi-frequency dielectric resonator oscillator that generates microwave energy at any of several available frequencies is disclosed. The oscillator includes an amplifier that is operable for oscillation at a frequency determined by a parallel feedback dielectric resonator connected between its output and input terminals, and a switching circuit for selectively connecting any one of a plurality of dielectric resonators to the input terminal of the amplifier. The oscillation frequency of the oscillator is determined by a resonant frequency of whichever of the dielectric resonators is connected to the input terminal of the amplifier through the switching circuit.
Abstract:
An electronically tunable solid-state microwave frequency source comprises a transmission-absorption filter incorporated within a magnetic structure. The transmission-absorption filter is employed with a tunable solid-state oscillator and tunable solid-state multiplier to provide a continuously tunable microwave signal source with enhanced spurious signal attenuation over a multiple-octave tuning range. The filter structure comprises a sphere of monocrystalline garnet such as yttrium iron garnet (YIG) and two coupling loops disposed in the field region of an adjustable field DC magnet. The coupling loops are disposed orthogonal to the magnetic field and to each other. In a specific embodiment the first coupling loop is operative to receive at its input the fundamental frequency signal and at its output is grounded, and the second coupling loop is operative to receive a harmonic input signal at its input and to convey a desired output signal at its output. The magnetic sphere of the transmission-absorption filter typically shares the magnetic field of the YIG sphere used to produce the output of the tuned oscillator. The transmission-absorption filter is incorporated into a source including a switch, a fundamental frequency amplifier and a harmonic frequency amplifier.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a voltage controlled tuning circuit for tuning a resonance frequency of an oscillator, comprising a voltage controlled variable capacitance means (11;45), a first and second inductor means (12,13;46,47) connected in parallel to each other and parallel to the variable capacitance means (11;45), and a first band switch means (14;48) for the first inductor means (12;46) and a second band switch means (15;49) for the second inductor means (13;47) for band switching the resonance frequency. The tuning circuit according to the present invention is less sensible in view of the tolerances of its elements, so that the tuning of the resonance frequency is more precise. Further, the tuning circuit according to the present invention can be operated in the UHF- or VHF-band without the necessity of using expensive circuit elements.
Abstract:
A voltage-controlled oscillator and a method capable of precisely adjusting a frequency shift amount are provided irrespective of a fluctuation in characteristics of elements such as a strip-line. A center tap 19 is formed in a strip-line 16 of a resonator. A switching element 20 is connected to the center tap 19, and this switching element 20 is turned ON, so that the center tap is shortcircuited to the ground so as to vary the oscillating frequency. A slit A1 is conducted in the vicinity of the center tap 19 along the strip-line 16 and directed toward a shortcircuited end 17 of the strip-line, so that a frequency shift amount is adjusted. Also, a slit B1 is conducted in the vicinity of the shortcircuited end 17 along the strip-line 16 and directed toward the center tap 19, so that a frequency shift amount is adjusted. Also, trimming points are provided on the side of a hot terminal 18 from the center tap 19, and also provided on the side of the shortcircuited end 17 from the center tap 19, and further a slit is conducted along an intersecting direction of the strip-line 16, so that a shift amount is adjusted.
Abstract:
Die Erfindung bezieht sich auf einen Oszillator mit für eine erste Schwingfrequenz vorgesehenen ersten frequenzbestimmenden Elementen. Um insbesondere für die Verwendung in der Videosignalverarbeitung einen Oszillator zu schaffen, der auf wenigstens zwei Schwingfrequenzen umschaltbar und abstimmbar ist, ist wenigstens ein zweites frequenzbestimmendes Element vorgesehen, welches zum Einstellen des Oszillators auf eine zweite Schwingfrequenz dem ersten frequenzbestimmenden Element zuschaltbar ist.
Abstract:
The oscillator having a tunable resonant circuit has a switch (SD) for expanding the tuning range, which is connected in series with two coils (L1a, L1b) jointly determining the oscillation frequency of the resonant circuit. A further coil (L2b), which is coupled to the resonant circuit in the region of the switch (SD), is used to supply a switching voltage (US) for the switch. In this arrangement, the other end of this third coil (L2b) is coupled to a reference potential (G), with a capacitor (C6), which acts as a short circuit for radio-frequency purposes, decoupling the switching voltage (US) from the reference potential (G). Since the switching voltage (US) is in this case coupled to an oscillator circuit node which is earthed for radio-frequency purposes, it is of no significance in this case which resistor is used to couple the switching voltage. This means that the resonant circuit is not resistively damped by the connection of the switching voltage. Coupled to the other end of the switching diode is a further component (L2a), preferably a fourth coil, which has the same inductance as the third coil (L2b), in order to dissipate the switching voltage. The first two coils are advantageously of the same size, so that this circuit coil jointly determining the oscillation frequency is earthed by the third coil exactly at its centre. This means that the quality factor and the oscillation properties of the resonant circuit are not adversely affected. Circuits of this type are used, in particular, in television sets to receive the lower and upper VHF bands.