Title :
Negative resistance and c.w. oscillation of the transit-time transistor
Author :
Armand, Mehran ; Salmer, G. ; Crosnier, Y. ; Druelle, Y.
Author_Institution :
Thomson-CSF, Orsay, France
Abstract :
Negative resistance and c.w. microwave oscillation (5.4 mW at 5.7 GHz) have been observed with the transistor transit-time oscillator. The agreement of these observation with theoretical calculations and the possible advantages of this new component are discussed.
Keywords :
bipolar transistors; microwave generation; microwave oscillators; negative resistance; solid-state microwave devices; transit time devices; 5.7 GHz; CW microwave oscillation; negative resistance; transit time transistor;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19770070
