Title :
High speed high voltage PIN diode driver
Author :
Van Niekerk, Cornell ; van der Walt, P.W.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Stellenbosch Univ., South Africa
Abstract :
A driver circuit for an RF PIN diode switch is described, the circuit features an efficient means of removing stored charge from the PIN diode, ensuring rapid switching between the forward and reverse biased states and low current consumption from the HV supply
Keywords :
driver circuits; p-i-n diodes; semiconductor switches; switching circuits; HV supply; RF PIN diode switch; driver circuit; forward biased state; high speed high voltage PIN diode driver; low current consumption; rapid switching; reverse biased state; stored charge removal; Africa; Capacitors; Diodes; Driver circuits; Radio frequency; Resistors; Sun; Switches; Switching circuits; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Electronics, 1998. Proceedings. ISIE '98. IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Pretoria
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4756-0
DOI :
10.1109/ISIE.1998.707770
