Title :
Experimental characterisation of avalanche-diode reflection amplifiers and locked oscillators
Author_Institution :
Royal Radar Establishment, Great Malvern, UK
Abstract :
Qualitative experimental results are presented for a silicon IMPATT diode on the distinction between the undercoupled quenched oscillator, optimised oscillator, locked oscillator, stable amplifier, in relation to the gain, linearity and saturation power. The results are consistent with a nonlinear interpretation of the equivalent diode conductance.
Keywords :
IMPATT devices; microwave amplifiers; microwave oscillators; avalanche diode locked oscillators; avalanche diode reflection amplifiers; equivalent diode conductance; gain; linearity; microwave amplifiers; microwave oscillators; optimised oscillator; saturation power; stable amplifier; undercoupled quenched oscillator;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19710031
