New insight in operating modes and optimum design of harmonic TED oscillators for VF-band applications

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 861-870

  Curow, Matthias ^a  

^a HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; FREQUENCIES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; RECTANGULAR WAVEGUIDES; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES;

CONVOLUTION METHOD; DRIFT DIFFUSION MODELS; HARMONIC GUNN OSCILLATORS; HYDRODYNAMIC MODELS; LOAD IMPEDANCE CHARACTERISTICS; MODE MATCHING TECHNIQUE;

GUNN OSCILLATORS;

EID: 0030171294     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/16.502116     Document Type: Article

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