Bias stabilization of negative differential conductance oscillators operated in pulsed mode

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 672-677

  Egard, Mikael ^a   Ärlelid, Mats ^a   Lind, Erik ^a   Wernersson, Lars Erik ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Impulse radio; negative differential conductance (NDC) oscillator; resonant tunneling diode (RTD); resonant tunneling transistor; ultra wideband; wavelet generator

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE DEVICES; ANALYTICAL RESULTS; BIAS NETWORKS; DC CURRENT; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; IMPULSE RADIO; MODE OF OPERATIONS; NEGATIVE DIFFERENTIAL CONDUCTANCE; ON CHIPS; OUTPUT POWER; PARASITIC OSCILLATIONS; PULSED MODE; RESONANT TUNNELING TRANSISTOR; TUNNELING DIODES; WAVELET GENERATOR;

DC POWER TRANSMISSION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; IMPULSE NOISE; RADIO; RESONANT TUNNELING; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES; STABILIZATION; TUNNEL DIODE OSCILLATORS; ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

RESONANT TUNNELING DIODES;

EID: 79952817015     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2010.2103230     Document Type: Article

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