Millimeter wave signal generation using resonant tunneling diodes NLTL-resonat
 
Millimeter wave signal generation using resonant tunneling diodes NLTL-resonat 
 
Irina Jager, Dirk Kalinowski, Johan Stiens, Roger Vounckx, Andreas Stoehr, Dieter Jaeger
 
Abstract 

We present a novel approach of millimetre wave power generation using active microstructured nonlinear transmission line (NLTL) oscillators consisting of a periodic array of resonant tunneling diodes (RTDs). RTD-NLTLs resonators have been measured to operate as distributed oscillators up to 50 GHz with power output up to minus 10 dBm.