Microwave Diodes… Why a Schottky-barrier? Why a Point-contact? (.PDF Download)

Dec. 19, 2013

Since World War II, the point-contact diode has been the most useful converter of microwave signals to lower frequencies. Now, a new device—the Schottky-barrier diode—is claimed to offer...

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