Glass reinforced GaAs beam lead Schottky diode with airbridge for millimetre wavelengths

13 September 1984

journal article
Published by Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in Electronics Letters

Vol. 20 (19) , 787-788
https://doi.org/10.1049/el:19840536

Abstract

We describe the fabrication and measurement of a glass reinforced beam lead Schottky diode with an airbridge for use at millimetre wavelengths. We report an extremely low single sideband (SSB) noise figure for these diodes of 7.9 dB at 94 GHz, including a 1.5 dH IF (30 MHz) contribution.

Keywords

MM-WAVES
III-V SEMICONDUCTORS
GAAS BEAM LEAD SCHOTTKY DIODE
LOW SSB NOISE FIGURE
IF 30 MHZ
FABRICATION
EHF
FREQUENCY 94 GHZ
AIRBRIDGE
LOW SINGLE
MEASUREMENT
GLASS REINFORCED BEAM LEAD SCHOTTKY DIODE
MILLIMETRE WAVELENGTHS