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Feedback Oscillator Design Tutorial
J P Silver E-mail: john@rfic.co.uk

ABSTRACT
This paper discusses the design of a basic feedback oscillator, using a lumped element resonator with varactor control. A design center frequency of 1GHz has been chosen, with a tuning bandwidth of 50MHz (ie 10% or 5.5MHz/V) and a required phase noise performance of better than