DocumentCode
1049795
Title
On the signal dependence of avalanche noise generation
Author
Vlaardingerbroek, M.T.
Volume
22
Issue
6
fYear
1975
fDate
6/1/1975 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
309
Lastpage
313
Abstract
The influence of ionization in the drift space of an IMPATT diode on the noise generation in the avalanche process is studied. It is found that carrier generation by ionization in the drift space increases the current minima between the current pulses as generated in the avalanche region. The build-up of new avalanche current pulses therefore starts from a higher current level and consequently the behavior is less noisy. The effect of this decrease in noise on the IMPATT-diode oscillator FM noise is estimated.
Keywords
Diodes; Helium; Ionization; Noise generators; Noise level; Oscillators; Pulse generation; Signal generators; Signal processing; Voltage;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electron Devices, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9383
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/T-ED.1975.18128
Filename
1477963
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