Resonant Tunneling Diode Terahertz Sources With up to 1 mW Output Power in the J-Band

• Published in: IEEE transactions on terahertz science and technology Vol. 10; no. 2; pp. 150 - 157
• Main Authors: Al-Khalidi, Abdullah, Alharbi, Khalid Hamed, Wang, Jue, Morariu, Razvan, Wang, Liquan, Khalid, Ata, Figueiredo, Jose M. L., Wasige, Edward
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Piscataway IEEE 01.03.2020; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Capacitance; Coplanar waveguides; Inductance; Oscillators; Photolithography; Resonant tunneling; resonant tunneling diode (RTD); terahertz (THz) sources; Terahertz frequencies; Transmission lines; Tunnel diodes
• ISSN: 2156-342X; 2156-3446
• DOI: 10.1109/TTHZ.2019.2959210

Terahertz (THz) oscillators based on resonant tunneling diodes (RTDs) have relatively low output power, tens to hundreds of microwatts. The conventional designs employ submicron-sized RTDs to reduce the device self-capacitance and, as a result, realize higher oscillation frequencies. However, reduci...