• DocumentCode
    327125
  • Title

    High speed high voltage PIN diode driver

  • Author

    Van Niekerk, Cornell ; van der Walt, P.W.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Stellenbosch Univ., South Africa
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    1998
  • fDate
    7-10 Jul 1998
  • Firstpage
    167
  • Abstract
    A driver circuit for an RF PIN diode switch is described, the circuit features an efficient means of removing stored charge from the PIN diode, ensuring rapid switching between the forward and reverse biased states and low current consumption from the HV supply
  • Keywords
    driver circuits; p-i-n diodes; semiconductor switches; switching circuits; HV supply; RF PIN diode switch; driver circuit; forward biased state; high speed high voltage PIN diode driver; low current consumption; rapid switching; reverse biased state; stored charge removal; Africa; Capacitors; Diodes; Driver circuits; Radio frequency; Resistors; Sun; Switches; Switching circuits; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Industrial Electronics, 1998. Proceedings. ISIE '98. IEEE International Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Pretoria
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-4756-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISIE.1998.707770
  • Filename
    707770