• DocumentCode
    2630156
  • Title

    Beam Lead Tunnel Diode Amplifiers on Microstrip

  • Author

    Welch, J.D.

  • fYear
    1970
  • fDate
    11-14 May 1970
  • Firstpage
    212
  • Lastpage
    216
  • Abstract
    In terms of the number of components, the tunnel diode amplifier is one of the least complex RF amplifiers available. It has never achieved broad acceptance because of high cost, poor reliability, and problems of instability. The recent success of planar fabrication techniques promises to eliminate these drawbacks. By integrating planar tunnel diodes with printed microwave circuitry, reliable low-cost, high-performance tunnel diode amplifiers should be feasible.
  • Keywords
    Coaxial components; Costs; Diodes; Inductance; Integrated circuit reliability; Low-noise amplifiers; Microstrip; Packaging; Radiofrequency amplifiers; Strips;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Symposium, G-MTT 1970 International
  • Conference_Location
    Newport Beach, CA, USA
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/GMTT.1970.1122808
  • Filename
    1122808