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2012Journal articleEnglish
Electrical short pulses generation using a resonant tunneling diode nonlinear transmission line (opens in a new tab)
Authors
University of Yaoundé I
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D. Jäger
Physica Scripta
Scientific publications
D. Jäger
Physica Scripta
In this paper, the generation of short electrical pulses based on nonlinear active wave propagation effects along the resonant tunneling diode transmission line is studied. The principle of operation is discussed and it is shown by computer experiments that an input rectangular pulse as well as a sinusoidal input signal can be converted into a set of output spikes, suitable for A/D conversion at millimeter wave frequencies.