Accurate design equations for 50-600 GHz Gaas schottky diode varactor frequency doublers

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1876-1882

  Lipsey, R E ^a   Jones, Stephen H ^a  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

Design equations; Frequency doublers; Schottky diodes

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NONLINEAR NETWORK ANALYSIS; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS; VARACTORS;

DESIGN EQUATIONS; MONTE CARLO HARMONIC BALANCE;

FREQUENCY DOUBLERS;

EID: 0032163186     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/16.711350     Document Type: Article

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