Title :
Hot-carrier microwave detector
Author :
Harrison, R.I. ; Zucker, J.
Author_Institution :
General Telephone & Electronics Labs., Inc., Bayside, N.Y.
fDate :
4/1/1966 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A microwave detector based on the thermoelectric effect of warm carriers in bulk semiconductors is described. An analysis of device performance is presented, which is based on the assumption of a Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution for the heated carriers. The performance of a number of experimental devices at millimeter and centimeter wavelengths is shown to be in good agreement with analytic predictions. Outstanding characteristics of these devices are high detection sensitivity, high burn-out power, and high electrical stability over long periods of use.
Keywords :
Detectors; Electromagnetic heating; Hot carriers; Lattices; Microwave devices; Millimeter wave devices; Performance analysis; Temperature; Thermoelectricity; Voltage;
Journal_Title :
Proceedings of the IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/PROC.1966.4778
