Resonant tunnelling diode oscillator as an alternative LO for SIS receiver applications

Electronics Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1993, Pages 288-290

  Blundell, R ^a   Papa, D C ^a   Brown, E R ^a   Parker, C D ^a  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Oscillators; Superconducting devices; Tunnel diodes

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC INSULATORS; ELECTRON TUNNELING; GUNN DIODES; HETERODYNING; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SIGNAL NOISE MEASUREMENT; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES; TUNNEL DIODES;

HETERODYNE RECEIVERS; LOCAL OSCILLATOR; RECEIVER NOISE; RESONANT TUNNELLING DIODE OSCILLATOR; SUPERCONDUCTOR INSULATOR SUPERCONDUCTOR RECEIVER;

TUNNEL DIODE OSCILLATORS;

EID: 0027908356     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19930197     Document Type: Article

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