Gated Tunnel Diode with a Reactive Bias Stabilizing Network for 60 GHz Impulse Radio Implementations

Summary, in English

We report on a gated tunnel diode (GTD) and its operation in a 60 GHz pulsed oscillator, also known as a wavelet generator. The wavelet generator operates with the aid of a reactive bias stabilizing network, which minimizes the DC power consumption. This allows for 60 GHz wavelets as short as 56 ps to be produced, with a corresponding energy consumption of 1.0 pJ, which is a factor of 3.6 lower as compared to earlier results. The operation of the GTD is described by a small signal equivalent model deduced from S-parameter measurements.

• Author: Mikael Egard; Mats Ärlelid; Erik Lind; Lars-Erik Wernersson
• Department/s: Solid State Physics; Department of Electrical and Information Technology
• Publishing year: 2010
• Language: English
• Pages: 161-162
• Publication/Series: Device Research Conference (DRC), 2010
• Links: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/DRC.2010.5551891
• Document type: Conference paper
• Publisher: IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
• Topic: Condensed Matter Physics; Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering
• Conference name: Device Research Conference (DRC)
• Conference date: 2010-06-20
• Status: Published
• Project: EIT_HSWC:RFNano RF tranceivers and nano devices
• Research group: Elektronikkonstruktion; Nano
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 1548-3770