Conventional and novel approaches to RF power generation with two-terminal devices at terahertz frequencies

THz 2002 - 2002 IEEE 10th International Conference on Terahertz Electronics, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 13-18

  Eisele, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Gunn devices; millimeter wave devices; millimeter wave generation; millimeter wave oscillators; oscillator noise; phase noise; submillimeter wave devices; submillimeter wave generation; submillimeter wave oscillators; transit time diodes

Indexed keywords

DIODES; GALLIUM ARSENIDE; GUNN DEVICES; GUNN OSCILLATORS; MILLIMETER WAVES; PHASE NOISE; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; SUBMILLIMETER WAVES; TRANSIT TIME DEVICES;

MILLIMETER WAVE GENERATIONS; MILLIMETER-WAVE OSCILLATORS; OSCILLATOR NOISE; SUBMILLIMETER WAVE GENERATION; SUBMILLIMETER-WAVE DEVICES; SUBMILLIMETER-WAVE OSCILLATORS; TRANSIT-TIME DIODES;

MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES;

EID: 84962822413     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/THZ.2002.1037576     Document Type: Conference Paper

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