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Resonant-tunneling transmission-line relaxation oscillator

Brown et al., 1997

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8440121177605199496
Author
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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