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IEEE Microwave and Guided Wave Letters
Volume 10 Number 4, April 2000

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Computer Modeling of Bistability Effect in P-I-N Diode Limiter Characteristic

Nikolai Drozdovski and Tadashi Takano

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Abstract:

The bistability effect noted in p-i-n diode limiters has been studied using a computer simulation based on the one-dimensional drift-diffusion model (DDM). Computed results for silicon p-i-n diodes with different base width are shown. Frequency properties of the bistability effect were studied. Also the comparison between theoretical and experimental results is shown.

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