Computer analysis of resonant tunneling diode structures for subharmonic mixers

Author

Alkeyev, N.A. ; Golant, Ye.I. ; Pashkovskiy, A.B.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Radioelectron., Russian Acad. of Sci., Moscow, Russia

fYear

2003

fDate

8-12 Sept. 2003

Firstpage

528

Lastpage

529

Abstract

Applications of a resonant tunneling diode (RTD) as a nonlinear element for second harmonic mixers are more promising. RTD offer highly symmetrical I(V) characteristics determined by the interior structure of diodes and may be optimized to provide greater efficiency and lower noise of the mixer. In this paper the conditions necessary to obtain these I(V) characteristics are formulated, and RTD structures possessing such characteristics are presented that have been numerically simulated using software based on Schroedinger and Poisson equations and two-band Kane approximation.

Keywords

Poisson equation; Schrodinger equation; microwave mixers; resonant tunnelling diodes; Kane approximation; Poisson equation; RTD; Schroedinger equation; harmonic mixer; nonlinear element; resonant tunneling diode; Frequency; IEEE catalog; Microwave devices; Microwave theory and techniques; Organizing; Production; Resonant tunneling devices; Semiconductor device noise; Semiconductor diodes; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave and Telecommunication Technology, 2003. CriMiCo 2003. 13th International Crimean Conference

Conference_Location

Sevastopol, Crimea, Ukraine

Print_ISBN

966-7968-26-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CRMICO.2003.158922

Filename

1256608