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EE542 — Microwave Engineering Nov. 2012 Lecture Autumn 2012 - 1 - Phase Noise in Oscillators System Effects of Oscillator Instability and Phase Noise Generally, the purpose of an oscillator is to provide an output at a frequency determined solely by the resonant frequency of a stable resonator. Weve seen that the stability of an oscillator in the face of phase variations of the active element is determined by the Q or bandwidth of the resonator. It is easy to think about variations in frequency resulting from variations in circuit phase that occur over sensible tim