BIAS STABILIZATION FOR RESONANT TUNNEL-DIODE OSCILLATORS

Authors
REDDY M YU RY KROEMER H RODWELL MJW MARTIN SC MULLER RE SMITH RP
Citation
M. Reddy et al., BIAS STABILIZATION FOR RESONANT TUNNEL-DIODE OSCILLATORS, IEEE microwave and guided wave letters, 5(7), 1995, pp. 219-221
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
IEEE microwave and guided wave letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
10518207
Volume
5
Issue
7
Year of publication
1995
Pages
219 - 221
Database
ISI
SICI code
1051-8207(1995)5:7<219:BSFRTO>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
While Resonant tunnel diodes (RTD's) are useful as submillimeter-wave oscillators, circuit design constraints imposed to suppress parasitic bias circuit oscillations have limited output powers to well below 1 m W. We report a 7-GHz RTD oscillator with a shunt regulator for bias ci rcuit stabilization. With regulation, oscillator power is not limited by stability constraints. Regulation elements are readily integrated w ith RTD's to construct monolithic RTD oscillator arrays.