• DocumentCode
    913926
  • Title

    High-Power 50-GHz Double-Drift-Region IMPATT Oscillators with Improved Bias Circuits for Eliminating Low-Frequency Instabilities

  • Author

    Hirachi, Yasutake ; Nakagami, Takakiyo ; Toyama, Yoshikazu ; Fukukawa, Yukio

  • Volume
    24
  • Issue
    11
  • fYear
    1976
  • fDate
    11/1/1976 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    731
  • Lastpage
    737
  • Abstract
    Low-frequency instabilities in millimeter-wave double-drift-region (DDR) IMPATT diodes are investigated and new oscillator circuits with the improved bias circuits for eliminating the low-frequency instability are developed. DDR IMPATT diodes mounted in these circuits exhibited a maximum free-running oscillation power of 1.6 W at 55.5 GHz with 11.5-percent conversion efficiency. A highly stabilized oscillator was also constructed with the maximum output power of 1 W and the frequency stabflity 0.3 ppm/mA at 51.86 GHz.
  • Keywords
    Diodes; Helium; Impedance; Ionization; Low-frequency noise; Oscillators; Power generation; Radio frequency; Solid state circuits; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9480
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TMTT.1976.1128953
  • Filename
    1128953