Centennial of the semiconductor diode detector

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 235-242

  Sengupta, Dipak L ^a,d,e,f   Sarkar, Tapan K ^b   Sen, Dibakar ^c  

^a USA   (United States)

^b Syracuse University   (United States)

^c S N BOSE NATIONAL CENTRE FOR BASIC SCIENCES   (India)

^d Commission B of the International Union of Radio Science ^*  (United States)

^e Sigma Xi   (United States)

^f Eta Kappa Nu   (United States)

Author keywords

Coherer; Galena detector; J. C. Bose; Millimeter waves; Radiation; Semiconductor detector

Indexed keywords

MILLIMETER WAVES; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL RECEIVERS;

COHERER; GALENA DETECTOR; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODE DETECTOR; SEMICONDUCTOR RECEIVER;

DETECTOR CIRCUITS;

EID: 0031678456     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/5.658775     Document Type: Article

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