RESONANT-TUNNELING DIODE OSCILLATOR USING A SLOT-COUPLED QUASI-OPTICAL OPEN RESONATOR

被引:5
作者
STEPHAN, KD
BROWN, ER
PARKER, CD
GOODHUE, WD
CHEN, CL
SOLLNER, TCLG
机构
[1] Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lexington
关键词
TUNNEL DIODES; OSCILLATORS; MICROWAVE OSCILLATION;
D O I
10.1049/el:19910406
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
A resonant-tunnelling diode has oscillated at X-band frequencies in a microwave circuit consisting of a slot antenna coupled to a semiconfocal open resonator. Coupling between the open resonator and the slot oscillator improves the noise-to-carrier ratio by about 36 dB relative to that of the slot oscillator alone in the 100-200 kHz range. A circuit operating near 10 GHz has been designed as a scale model for millimetre- and submillimetre-wave applications.
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页码:647 / 649
页数:3
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