United States of America As Represented by the Secretary of the Air Force

George A Roberts

Andrew J Slobodnik, Jr

Richard T Webster

Martin R Stiglitz

A digital compensation circuit for improving the temperature stability of dielectric resonator oscillators is disclosed. A temperature sensor indicates a measure of ambient temperature which is correlated with an amount of phase shift necessary to compensate for frequency drift in a dielectric resonator oscillator. The correlation is made using a correction table or correction function which is determined empirically in a calibration process. The necessary phase shift is then supplied via a voltage controlled phase shifter. This phase shifter is part of the RF oscillation loop which also includes an amplifier, directional coupler and dielectric resonator filter (including microstrip).

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George A Roberts