• DocumentCode
    1161248
  • Title

    Switching Time of a Transistor with Tunnel Diode Coupling

  • Author

    Josephs, Harold C.

  • Volume
    13
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1966
  • fDate
    3/1/1966 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    64
  • Lastpage
    70
  • Abstract
    The analysis of the switching action of a tunnel diode is extended to include the effects of the collector transition region capacitance which arise when a tunnel diode is driven from a common-emitter transistor stage. A piece-wise linear analysis is used which predicts the collector voltage waveform and switching times with good accuracy. The turn-off time constant is shown to be related to the transient current gain \\delta _0 = frac {\\alpha _0(C_L + C_{TC})} {(1-\\alpha _0)C_L + C_{TC} } rather than directly to the static current gains \\alpha _0 or \\alpha _0/( 1 - \\alpha _0 )
  • Keywords
    Capacitance; Circuits; Diodes; Frequency; Ice; Logic; Piecewise linear techniques; Power dissipation; Switches; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Circuit Theory, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9324
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TCT.1966.1082525
  • Filename
    1082525
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1161248