RESONANT-TUNNELING DIODE OSCILLATOR AS AN ALTERNATIVE LO FOR SIS RECEIVER APPLICATIONS

被引:9
作者
BLUNDELL, R [1 ]
PAPA, DC [1 ]
BROWN, ER [1 ]
PARKER, CD [1 ]
机构
[1] MIT,LINCOLN LAB,LEXINGTON,MA 02173
关键词
OSCILLATORS; TUNNEL DIODES; SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES;
D O I
10.1049/el:19930197
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
The resonant tunnelling diode (RTD) oscillator has been demonstrated for the first time as a local oscillator (LO) in a heterodyne receiver. Noise measurements made on a sensitive 200 GHz superconductor-insulator-superconductor receiver using both a multiplied Gunn diode and an RTD oscillator as the LO revealed no difference in receiver noise as a function of oscillator type.
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页码:288 / 290
页数:3
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