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Looking for High Frequency Applications of Resonant Tunneling Diodes: Triggering

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Resonant tunneling diodes (RTD’s) have been compared to Esaki tunnel diodes for high frequency applications. Resonant tunneling diodes (RTD’s) monolithically integrated with coplanar transmission lines have been used for pulse formation, with as low as 6 psec measured rise times. Triggering at 60 GHz was performed by using the RTD pulser structures as trigger circuits.

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  1. Edward L. Ginzton Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305-4085, USA

    Ekmel Özbay & D. M. Bloom

  2. Tektronix Inc., Beaverton, OR, 97077, USA

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  1. IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York, USA

    L. L. Chang  & E. E. Mendez  & 

  2. Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

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Özbay, E., Bloom, D.M., Diamond, S.K. (1991). Looking for High Frequency Applications of Resonant Tunneling Diodes: Triggering. In: Chang, L.L., Mendez, E.E., Tejedor, C. (eds) Resonant Tunneling in Semiconductors. NATO ASI Series, vol 277. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3846-2_49

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