Pulsed High-Power Operation of p+ pnn+-Avalanche Diodes Near Avalanche Resonance for mm-Wave Oscillators

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 1994, Pages 1310-1318

  Gaul, Lorenz ^a   Claassen, Manfred ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE CARRIERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC SPACE CHARGE; IMPEDANCE MATCHING (ELECTRIC); MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS; MILLIMETER WAVES; PERFORMANCE; RESONANCE; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; STABILITY;

AVALANCHE RESONANCE; MILLIMETER WAVE FREQUENCIES; MILLIMETER WAVE OSCILLATORS; PULSED HIGH POWER OPERATION;

AVALANCHE DIODES;

EID: 0028483945     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: 15579646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/16.297723     Document Type: Article

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