Constant-voltage bias improves IMPATT amps
Abstract
The constant voltage (CV) mode of IMPATT diode operation is discussed. A large-signal model for a CV-mode single-drift IMPATT has been programmed on a computer in order to relate IMPATT diode design to amplifier operation. An experimental CV-mode amplifier is described, and the advantages of this operation are outlined.
- Publication:
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Microwaves
- Pub Date:
- July 1980
- Bibcode:
- 1980MicWa..19...64M
- Keywords:
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- Avalanche Diodes;
- Bias;
- Linear Amplifiers;
- Microwave Amplifiers;
- Volt-Ampere Characteristics;
- Computer Aided Design;
- Gallium Arsenides;
- Intermodulation;
- Electronics and Electrical Engineering