Solid-state sources from 1 to 100 GHz. (state of the art reference supplement)

Microwave Journal, September, 1989 by Kuno, H.J.; Shih, Y.C.

Solid-State Sources from 1 to 100 GHz

Introduction

Solid-state devices play an important role as sources at microwave and mm-wave frequencies. Their application covers a broad range from low cost automated door openers to high performance spaceborne receivers.

Figure 1 summarizes the state-of-the-art performance of the most commonly used solid-state devices operating from 1 to 100 GHz. There are two basic types of solid-state devices: two-terminal and three-terminal devices. IMPATT and Gunn devices are two-terminal devices that perform very well at mm-wave frequencies, while bipolar junction transistors (BJTs) and metal-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MESFETs) are three-terminal devices that dominate at microwave frequencies....

Read the rest of this article with a Free Trial at HighBeam Research.

Premium Content Partnership | HighBeam Research provides an in-depth online archive library of reference works.