Using advanced wideband PLL architectures, a low-cost, fast-switching voltage-controlled ocscillator (VCO) offers an excellent alternative to commonly used YIG oscillators for the majority of practical applications.
Historically, high-performance phase-lock-loop (PLL) frequency synthesizers have relied on yttrium-iron-garnet (YIG) oscillators featuring broadband operation and excellent phase noise.
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