Experiment and theoretical analysis of voltage-controlled sub-THz oscillation of resonant tunneling diodes

IEICE Transactions on Electronics

Volumn E89-C, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 965-971

  Asada, Masahiro ^a,b   Orihashi, Naoyuki ^a   Suzuki, Safumi ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Resonant tunneling diode; Slot antenna; Terahertz and sub terahertz oscillation; Transit time; Voltage controlled oscillation

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRONS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); RESONANT TUNNELING; SLOT ANTENNAS; VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

RESONANT TUNNELING DIODES (RTD); TERAHERTZ AND SUB-TERAHERTZ OSCILLATION; TRANSIT TIME; VOLTAGE CONTROLLED OSCILLATION;

TUNNEL DIODES;

EID: 33747871735     PISSN: 09168524     EISSN: 17451353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ietele/e89-c.7.965     Document Type: Conference Paper

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