• DocumentCode
    1084729
  • Title

    Measurement of series resistance in IMPATT diodes

  • Author

    Adlerstein, Michael G. ; Holway, Lowell H., Jr. ; Chu, Shiou Lung G

  • Author_Institution
    Raytheon Research Division, Lexington, MA
  • Volume
    30
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1983
  • fDate
    2/1/1983 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    179
  • Lastpage
    182
  • Abstract
    A new method is given for determining the electrical series resistance of an IMPATT diode. The measurement is based on observation of the oscillation threshold bias current for a diode in a standard circuit. The method is applied to GaAs diodes near 40 GHz. The values obtained are used to quantitatively explain other performance characteristics of the diodes.
  • Keywords
    Circuits; Current measurement; Diodes; Electric resistance; Electric variables measurement; Electrical resistance measurement; Frequency measurement; Gallium arsenide; Power measurement; Radio frequency;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electron Devices, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9383
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/T-ED.1983.21092
  • Filename
    1482993