Cyclostationary shot-noise measurements in RF schottky-barrier diode detectors

IEEE Electron Device Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 74-76

  Graffeuil, Jacques ^a   Ali Liman, Ramadane ^a   Muraro, Jean Luc ^b   Llopis, Olivier ^a  

^a LAAS CNRS   (France)

^b THALES ALENIA SPACE   (France)

Author keywords

Noise; Noise generators; Noise measurements; Nonlinear detection; Schottky diodes; Shot noise

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE CURRENTS; CYCLOSTATIONARY; HOMODYNES; IDEALITY FACTORS; IV CHARACTERISTICS; LARGE-SIGNALS; LOW-FREQUENCY NOISE; NOISE CORNER FREQUENCY; NOISE MEASUREMENTS; NONLINEAR DETECTION; PERIODIC CONDITIONS; SCHOTTKY DIODES; SMALL SIGNAL; SOLID STATE DETECTORS; ZERO IF;

ACOUSTIC NOISE MEASUREMENT; DETECTORS; DIODES; HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; SHOT NOISE; SIGNAL DETECTION; SPECTRAL DENSITY;

NOISE GENERATORS;

EID: 72949083067     PISSN: 07413106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LED.2009.2035339     Document Type: Article

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