20 GHz wavelet generator using a gated tunnel diode

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 386-388

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

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Impulse radio (IR); oscillator; pulse generator; resonant tunneling transistor; ultra wideband (UWB); Wavelet generator

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; FREE-RUNNING OSCILLATORS; GAAS-ALGAAS; HIGH-FREQUENCY IMPULSE; IMPULSE RADIO (IR); NEGATIVE DIFFERENTIAL CONDUCTANCE; OSCILLATION FREQUENCY; OSCILLATOR; OSCILLATOR CIRCUITS; OUTPUT CONDUCTANCE; OUTPUT POWER; PULSE LENGTH; RESONANT TUNNELING TRANSISTOR; RF PULSE; VAN DER POL EQUATION; WAVELET GENERATOR;

IMPULSE NOISE; RADIO; RESONANT TUNNELING; SIGNAL GENERATORS; TUNNEL DIODES; TUNNELS; ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB); WIND TUNNELS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

PULSE GENERATORS;

EID: 67650465250     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2009.2020029     Document Type: Article

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