Synthesis of Amplifier Circuits Using More Than One Tunnel Diode

Abstract

The predistortion procedure is used to synthesize a two tunnel-diode amplifier. This amplifier is evaluated and compared with the theoretical gain and bandwidth calculated from the transfer function of forward voltage gain that was used to synthesize the circuit. Problems that made the experimental circuit bandwidth smaller than the theoretical bandwidth were the poor isolation between the bias circuit and the ac signal circuit and the effects of parasitic or stray capacitances at the high fluency end of the response curves. However, the gain of the amplifier compared favorably with the theoretical maximum gain.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1961
Accession Number
AD0270269

Entities

People

  • Richard R. Wong

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Bandwidth
  • Capacitance
  • Conduction Bands
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Electrons
  • Energy Bands
  • Engineering
  • Equivalent Circuits
  • Frequency Response
  • Generators
  • Impedance
  • N Type Semiconductors
  • P Type Semiconductors
  • P-N Junctions
  • Resistance
  • Semiconductors
  • Shape
  • Transfer Functions
  • Tunnel Diodes

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Microwave Engineering.