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Temperature effects in varactors and multipliers
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | East, J. Mehdi, Imran |
| Copyright Year | 2001 |
| Description | Varactor diode multipliers are a critical part of many THz measurement systems. The power and efficiencies of these devices limit the available power for THz sources. Varactor operation is determined by the physics of the varactor device and a careful doping profile design is needed to optimize the performance. Higher doped devices are limited by junction breakdown and lower doped structures are limited by current saturation. Higher doped structures typically have higher efficiencies and lower doped structures typically have higher powers at the same operating frequency and impedance level. However, the device material properties are also a function of the operating temperature. Recent experimental evidence has shown that the power output of a multiplier can be improved by cooling the device. We have used a particle Monte Carlo simulation to investigate the temperature dependent velocity vs. electric field in GaAs. This information was then included in a nonlinear device circuit simulator to predict multiplier performance for various temperatures and device designs. This paper will describe the results of this analysis of temperature dependent multiplier operation. |
| File Size | 403476 |
| Page Count | 12 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20020038963 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t3wt3mx33 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2001-12-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Electronics And Electrical Engineering Temperature Dependence Gallium Arsenides Varactor Diodes Frequency Multipliers Computerized Simulation Monte Carlo Method Operating Temperature Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |