Title :
High-efficiency oscillations in gallium-arsenide avalanche diodes
Author_Institution :
Plessey Co., Allen Clark Research Centre, Towcester, UK
Abstract :
Some preliminary results are reported for an analytic theory of high-efficiency microwave oscillations in gallium-arsenide avalanche diodes. Design and performance criteria are deduced for p+¿n¿n+ and n+¿p¿p+ structures, and a comparison is made with experimental work.
Keywords :
avalanche diodes; microwave generation;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19700045
