DocumentCode
1190658
Title
RF excitation of an oscillator with several tunneling devices in series
Author
Boric-Lubecke, Olga ; Pan, Dee-Son ; Itoh, Tatsuo
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng., California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA
Volume
4
Issue
11
fYear
1994
Firstpage
364
Lastpage
366
Abstract
An oscillator with several tunneling devices connected in series has a demanding excitation condition due to the DC instability of the series connection. An RF source with a frequency close to the oscillation frequency may be used to overcome this problem. The experimental demonstration of an RF source excitation of an oscillator with two tunnel diodes in series at 2 GHz is described here. The RF power necessary for the excitation is about 15 dB lower than the output power of the oscillator.<>
Keywords
microwave oscillators; radiofrequency oscillators; solid-state microwave circuits; stability; tunnel diode oscillators; 2 GHz; DC instability; RF source excitation; UHF operation; oscillator; series; series connection; tunneling devices; Diodes; Impedance; Oscillators; Power generation; Radio frequency; Region 3; Resonant tunneling devices; Solid state circuits; Switches; Voltage;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Microwave and Guided Wave Letters, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1051-8207
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/75.329707
Filename
329707
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