Photoconductive circuit element pulse generator

Patent · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1989

OSTI ID:867117

Rauscher, Christen ^[1]

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1. Alexandria, VA

A pulse generator for characterizing semiconductor devices at millimeter wavelength frequencies where a photoconductive circuit element (PCE) is biased by a direct current voltage source and produces short electrical pulses when excited into conductance by short laser light pulses. The electrical pulses are electronically conditioned to improve the frequency related amplitude characteristics of the pulses which thereafter propagate along a transmission line to a device under test.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• Assignee: United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): US 4870295
• OSTI ID: 867117
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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