Title : 
The effect of temperature on the operation of an IMPATT diode
         
        
            Author : 
Schroeder, W.E. ; Haddad, G.I.
         
        
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
Some experimental results on the temperature dependence of an IMPATT oscillator are reported. Theoretical results for the effect of temperature upon the small-signal admittance of a Read diode are compared with the experiments.
         
        
            Keywords : 
Admittance; Breakdown voltage; Circuit optimization; Diodes; Frequency; Heat sinks; Heating; Microwave oscillators; Temperature control; Temperature dependence;
         
        
        
            Journal_Title : 
Proceedings of the IEEE
         
        
        
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/PROC.1971.8370