Bistable switching in a planar Gunn diode
Abstract
This paper presents experimental and theoretical results showing that bistable switching, due to an anode-triggered trapped domain (TD), can be realized in a Gunn diode with an anode notch. The characteristics of the anode-triggered TD have been made clear by computer simulations. Bistable switching has been confirmed experimentally by using a planar Gunn diode with a groove, which was intentionally dug close to the anode.
- Publication:
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IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices
- Pub Date:
- March 1978
- DOI:
- 10.1109/T-ED.1978.19081
- Bibcode:
- 1978ITED...25..358M
- Keywords:
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- Bistable Circuits;
- Gunn Diodes;
- Planar Structures;
- Switching Circuits;
- Trigger Circuits;
- Volt-Ampere Characteristics;
- Anodes;
- Computerized Simulation;
- Logical Elements;
- Performance Prediction;
- Signal To Noise Ratios;
- Time Response;
- Waveforms;
- Electronics and Electrical Engineering