Title : 
High-efficiency oscillations in gallium-arsenide avalanche diodes
         
        
        
            Author_Institution : 
Plessey Co., Allen Clark Research Centre, Towcester, UK
         
        
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
Some preliminary results are reported for an analytic theory of high-efficiency microwave oscillations in gallium-arsenide avalanche diodes. Design and performance criteria are deduced for p+¿n¿n+ and n+¿p¿p+ structures, and a comparison is made with experimental work.
         
        
            Keywords : 
avalanche diodes; microwave generation;
         
        
        
            Journal_Title : 
Electronics Letters
         
        
        
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1049/el:19700045