Determination of Injection Locking Figure-of-Merit of a Gunn Oscillator by Using Perturbation Method

Abstract

Frequency compliance co-efficient of a wave guide cavity X-band Gunn Oscillator has been experimentally determined by using a perturbation method. This along with other experimentally determined oscillator parameters has been used to estimate the injection locking figure-of-merit of the oscillator. The injection locking figure-of-merit has also been measured by using conventional injection locking experiments. The correlation between the values obtained by these two methods has been discussed.

Indexing Terms:

• Gunn Oscillator
• Injection Locking Figure-of-Merit
• Frequency Compliance Co-efficient