• DocumentCode
    899970
  • Title

    High-efficiency CW impatt operation

  • Author

    Iglesias, David E. ; Evans, W.J.

  • Author_Institution
    Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc., Murray Hill, N. J.
  • Volume
    56
  • Issue
    9
  • fYear
    1968
  • Firstpage
    1610
  • Lastpage
    1610
  • Abstract
    CW room-temperature operation of Ge Impatt diodes with efficiencies as high as 43 percent in the 400 to 1000 MHz frequency range has been achieved. In this low-frequency, high-efficiency mode, the dc voltage drop across the diode is observed to decrease significantly.
  • Keywords
    Attenuation; Circuit optimization; Current density; Diodes; Frequency; Oscillators; Power generation; Silicon; Tuning; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Proceedings of the IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9219
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/PROC.1968.6671
  • Filename
    1448601