Gated tunnel diode in oscillator applications with high frequency tuning

Solid-State Electronics

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 292-296

  Wernersson, L E ^a   Arlelid M ^a   Egard, M ^a   Lind, E ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

GaAs; Pulse generator; Tunnel diode; VCO

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; DIODES; GALLIUM ALLOYS; PULSE GENERATORS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; SIGNAL GENERATORS; TUNING; TUNNELS; VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

CONSTANT POWER; EMITTER CAPACITANCES; FREQUENCY-TUNING; GAAS; GATE BIAS RANGES; HIGH FREQUENCIES; IMPULSE RADIOS; MAXIMUM OSCILLATION FREQUENCIES; NOISE LEVELS; OSCILLATION FREQUENCIES; OSCILLATOR CIRCUITS; OUTPUT POWER; ULTRA-WIDE BANDS; VCO;

TUNNEL DIODES;

EID: 61349171843     PISSN: 00381101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sse.2008.12.009     Document Type: Article

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