Brown et al., 1997 - Google Patents
Resonant-tunneling transmission-line relaxation oscillatorBrown et al., 1997
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- Brown E
- Parker C
- Verghese S
- Geis M
- Harvey J
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- Applied physics letters
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Experimental and numerical results are presented for a high-frequency oscillator consisting of a resonant-tunneling diode (RTD) series-embedded in a transmission line, one end of which is short circuited and the other end terminated with a load resistor. Like relaxation …
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