Patent ID: 8742857

Claim:
Interleaved rotary traveling wave oscillators comprising: a first rotary traveling wave oscillator (RTWO) that includes a first pair of conductors and a first crossover, said first pair of conductors connected with the first crossover to form a first closed loop; and a second rotary traveling wave oscillator (RTWO) that includes a second pair of conductors and a second crossover, said second pair of conductors connected with the second crossover to form a second closed loop; wherein the second closed loop occupies approximately the same physical area as the first closed loop; and wherein the conductors of said first and second crossovers are spaced apart and parallel to each other over a sufficient length that the inductance of the crossovers is increased, wherein the first and second pairs of conductors are interleaved such that the first and second RTWOs are coupled to one another by magnetic fields.