Title :
Pin-Diode Transients in High Speed Switching Applications
Author :
Szabo, L. ; Schunemann, Klaus ; Sporleder, F.
Author_Institution :
Institut fÿr Hochfrequenztechnick, Technische Universitÿt, 33 Braunschweig, Postfach 3329, W-Germany
Abstract :
In guided millimeter-wave communication systems with high bit-rate the PCM is done in a reflection-type phase modulator with pin-diode. In this contribution the influence of the pin-diode switching transients on the modulator behaviour is studied both, experimentally and theoretically. Using sampling oscilloscope techniques the transient impedance was measured for various i-layer widths, dc-switching current ratios and microwave powers. The results are compared to theoretical ones obtained by an approximate charge-control model of the pin-diode.
Keywords :
Communication switching; Current measurement; Impedance measurement; Microwave measurements; Microwave theory and techniques; Millimeter wave communication; Oscilloscopes; Phase change materials; Phase modulation; Sampling methods;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference, 1975. 5th European
Conference_Location :
Hamburg, Germany
DOI :
10.1109/EUMA.1975.332168