Regular Section
A Proposal of High-Performance Samplers Based on Resonant Tunneling Diodes
2012 Volume E95.C Issue 11 Pages 1830-1833
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2012 Volume E95.C Issue 11 Pages 1830-1833
A novel type of millimeter/submillimeter wave sampler based on resonant tunneling diodes (RTDs) was proposed, and its operation was confirmed by circuit simulation. It consists of an RTD pulse generator and an RTD detector. Owing to the fuse-like nonlinear I-V curve, highly sensitive sampling can be obtained. We also found that the effects of non-ideality in the I-V curve of the RTD can be corrected by sweeping the DC bias for the RTD detector.
