• DocumentCode
    898467
  • Title

    Relaxation oscillations in avalanche diodes

  • Author

    Carlson, A.W.

  • Volume
    56
  • Issue
    7
  • fYear
    1968
  • fDate
    7/1/1968 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1228
  • Lastpage
    1229
  • Abstract
    Continuous-wave relaxation oscillations have been observed in silicon p-n-n+diodes when driven into avalanche. The waveforms of the oscillations, varying from several KHz to over 800 MHz, are described.
  • Keywords
    Biophysics; Circuits; Diodes; Electric resistance; Equations; Physiology; Power transmission lines; Silicon; Transmission line theory; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Proceedings of the IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9219
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/PROC.1968.6533
  • Filename
    1448463