Supposing I had a 100 mhz crystal oscillator, but I wanted to generate a 1000 mhz signal. What would I need to do? Is this possible?
Could I perhaps construct an ordinary capacitor/inductor oscillator that runs at 1000 mhz, and then just have it check itself against the 100 mhz crystal oscillator from time to time (like every 10 cycles) to make sure it's still running at proper time?
I've read a little about the possibility of maybe using harmonics? However I think my 100 mhz crystal oscillator is already using harmonics just to reach 100 mhz, so I doubt I'd have much luck trying to create more harmonics to get up toward 1000. I'm more interested in seeing if I can multiply off of the signal by using transistors. I am quite a novice at doing this stuff, but this is too interesting a possibility for me not to explore it.