• DocumentCode
    1055853
  • Title

    Design of transferred-electron amplifiers with good frequency stability

  • Author

    Berry, Chris ; Hobson, G.S. ; Howard, M.J. ; Robson, Peter N.

  • Author_Institution
    The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, England
  • Volume
    24
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1977
  • fDate
    3/1/1977 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    270
  • Lastpage
    274
  • Abstract
    An experimental and theoretical investigation has been conducted into the frequency stability, with respect to temperature, bias voltage, and microwave power variation, of transferred-electron amplifiers with various doping profiles. Devices with a cathode doping-notch which is large enough to cause a flat electric-field distribution at the working point show the best frequency stability. This behavior is associated with the predominance of a frequency-independent negative-conductor behavior in this type of device.
  • Keywords
    Cathodes; Current-voltage characteristics; Doping profiles; Frequency; Impedance; Microwave amplifiers; Microwave devices; Stability; Temperature; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electron Devices, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9383
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/T-ED.1977.18719
  • Filename
    1478911