Title :
Chaotic behaviour of IMPATT diode oscillators
Author :
Soby, M.I. ; Nasser, A.A.A. ; Bassirat, F.
Author_Institution :
Electron. Eng. Lab., Kent Univ., Canterbury, UK
Abstract :
A complete nonlinear circuit has been developed for IMPATT diode oscillators. The circuit has been used to design microwave oscillators and to simulate their performance using a nonlinear CAD procedure. It is shown that, under certain load conditions, period doubling occurs, leading ultimately to chaotic behavior. The behavior has also been verified experimentally, and results suggest that IMPATT noise oscillators may be in fact chaotic oscillators
Keywords :
IMPATT diodes; chaos; circuit CAD; microwave oscillators; nonlinear network analysis; solid-state microwave circuits; IMPATT diode oscillators; chaotic behavior; chaotic oscillators; load conditions; microwave oscillators; nonlinear CAD procedure; nonlinear circuit; period doubling; Chaos; Circuit simulation; Current measurement; Diodes; Extraterrestrial measurements; Inductors; Nonlinear equations; Oscillators; Predictive models; RLC circuits;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems, 1990., IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
New Orleans, LA
DOI :
10.1109/ISCAS.1990.112248
