Intrinsic high-frequency oscillations and equivalent cicuit model in the negative differential resistance region of resonant tunneling devices

• F.A. Buot ^[1] ; K.L. Jensen ^[1]
  1. [1] United States Naval Research Laboratory

     United States Naval Research Laboratory

     Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: Compel: International journal for computation and mathematics in electrical and electronic engineering, ISSN 0332-1649, Vol. 10, Nº 4, 1991, págs. 241-253
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Intrinsic high‐frequency oscillations (≈2.5 THz) in current and corresponding quantum well density, which have been simulated for a fixed bias voltage in the Negative Differential Resistance (NDR) region of the Current‐Voltage (I‐V) characteristics of a Resonant Tunneling Diode (RTD), suggest an equivalent nonlinear autonomous circuit model. The intrinsic circuit parameters are calculated directly from the results of the quantum transport numerical simulations. These consist of a resistor in series with a two‐branch parallel circuit, one branch consists of a capacitor and the other branch consists of an inductor in series with a nonlinear resistor. It is however suggested that much more complex external circuit‐induced behavior can occur in real RTD experiments.