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

Authors
BLUNDELL R PAPA DC BROWN ER PARKER CD
Citation
R. Blundell et al., RESONANT-TUNNELING DIODE OSCILLATOR AS AN ALTERNATIVE LO FOR SIS RECEIVER APPLICATIONS, Electronics Letters, 29(3), 1993, pp. 288-290
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
Electronics Letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00135194
Volume
29
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
288 - 290
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-5194(1993)29:3<288:RDOAAA>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
The resonant tunnelling diode (RTD) oscillator has been demonstrated f or the first time as a local oscillator (LO) in a heterodyne receiver. Noise measurements made on a sensitive 200 GHz superconductor-insulat or-superconductor receiver using both a multiplied Gunn diode and an R TD oscillator as the LO revealed no difference in receiver noise as a function of oscillator type.