Resonant Tunneling Technology for Mixed Signal and Digital Circuits in the 10-100 GHz Domain

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 introduced.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1999
• Where: GLVLSI
• Authors: T. P. E. Broekaert, B. Brar, F. Morris, A. C. Seabaugh, G. Frazier
• Keywords: First-order Sigma-delta Modulator, GLVLSI 1999, Picosecond Time-scale Switching, Resonant Tunneling Diode, VLSI