IEICE Transactions on Electronics
Online ISSN : 1745-1353
Print ISSN : 0916-8524
Special Section on Fundamentals and Applications of Advanced Semiconductor Devices
Analysis of Low Loss and Wideband Characteristics for Lumped Element Isolators Implemented by Using Tunnel Diodes
Nobuhiko TANAKAMitsufumi SAITOMichihiko SUHARA
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2011 Volume E94.C Issue 5 Pages 820-825

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Tunnel diodes are some of 2-port devices with negative differential resistance (NDR). In this paper, we propose a low insertion loss isolator, which can be designed to operate up to sub-millimeter region, by using resonant tunneling diodes (RTDs) and a HEMT. Small-signal analyses are performed to confirm insertion loss and unidirectional characteristics for the proposed active isolator. It is found that unidirectional amplifications as well as isolation characteristics could be expected below sub-millimeter waveband as a result of numerical calculations.

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