Noise mechanisms in cooled Schottky-barrier mixer diodes for submillimeter-wavelengths
Abstract
A general expression for diode noise is given, which gives good agreement with IF noise measurements of cooled Pt-GaAs Schottky-barrier mixer diodes. An additional noise source is invoked, although its explanation is tenuous.
- Publication:
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Millimeter and Submillimeter Wave Radio Astronomy
- Pub Date:
- 1985
- Bibcode:
- 1985mswr.symp..137K
- Keywords:
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- Mixing Circuits;
- Noise Measurement;
- Schottky Diodes;
- Shot Noise;
- Submillimeter Waves;
- Thermal Noise;
- Electron Energy;
- Gallium Arsenides;
- Noise Temperature;
- Platinum;
- Electronics and Electrical Engineering