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In the previous chapter, we concentrated completely on the noise behavior of oscillators using a first-order timing reference. In this section, we concentrate on the class of oscillators using a second-order timing reference. In Chapter 3, a complete classification of this class of oscillators is given, which is used in this chapter as a guideline. We have seen that we can distinguish the classes of second-order relaxation oscillators and second-order harmonic oscillators. First, in Section 6.2, the class of second-order relaxation oscillators is covered. It is shown that this class of oscillators is not very interesting from a high-performance point of view, although it incorporates many well-known oscillators. After that, in Section 6.3, the noise behavior of the second-order harmonic oscillators is described. Finally, the chapter is summarized in Section 6.4
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Westra, J.R., Verhoeven, C.J.M., van Roermund, A.H.M. (1999). Noise in second-order oscillators. In: Oscillators and Oscillator Systems. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-6117-7_6
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