Excess noise in Schottky diodes for THz applications

1998 IEEE 6th International Conference on Terahertz Electronics, THz 1998 - Proceedings

Volumn 1998-September, Issue , 1998, Pages 131-134

  Rehm, G ^a   Huber, K ^a   Martius, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Excess noise; Measurement; Schottky diodes

Indexed keywords

DIODES; MEASUREMENT; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES;

DC CURRENT; EXCESS NOISE; HETERODYNE RECEIVERS; MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENTS; NOISE CONTRIBUTIONS; SCHOTTKY DIODES;

MIXER CIRCUITS;

EID: 85031572435     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/THZ.1998.731683     Document Type: Conference Paper

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