• DocumentCode
    930689
  • Title

    Noise-factor measurement of millimetre-wave IMPATT diodes by the superregenerative principle

  • Author

    Stevance, J. ; Cachier, G.

  • Author_Institution
    Thomson-CSF, Laboratoire Central de Recherches, Orsay, France
  • Volume
    11
  • Issue
    24
  • fYear
    1975
  • Firstpage
    591
  • Lastpage
    593
  • Abstract
    The letter describes a new method for measuring the small signal noise factor of a millimetre IMPATT diode, which makes use of only an auxiliary millimetre source and some low-frequency electronics.
  • Keywords
    IMPATT diodes; electric noise measurement; solid-state microwave devices; millimetre wave IMPATT diodes; small signal noise factor; superregenerative principle;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19750452
  • Filename
    4236981