Mixing Oscillators for Phase Noise Reduction

The output of oscillators is usually not stable over time. In particular, phase variations-or phase noise-corrupts the oscillations. In this letter, we describe a circuit that is designed to average the phase noise processes and frequency offsets in frequency-matched oscillators. The basic circuit uses the independence of two phase noise processes to provide a cleaner oscillating output with a lower phase noise variance. We describe extensions of the circuit designed to average out more than two oscillators, as well as a single one through delay elements. In all the examples covered, we provide a theoretical analysis of the resulting phase noise process when the input phase noise processes follow a Wiener model.

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