Resonant Tunneling Technology for Mixed Signal and Digital Circuits in the 10-100 GHz Domain
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The inherent bistability and picosecond time-scale switching of the resonant tunneling diode (RTD) provides an ideal element for the design of digital circuits and analog signal quantizers in the 10-100 GHz domain. New differential RTD-based circuits for quantizers and a first-order Sigma-Delta modulator capable of operating at 10 GHz and beyond are
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