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PUBLICATIONS

Nonlinear Modeling of Tunnel Diode Detectors

Published

Author(s)

Dave K. Walker, Kevin Coakley, Jolene Splett

Abstract

We investigate the sensitivity and nonlinear properties of a tunnel diode microwave detector as functions of the input power and the load impedance presented at the detector's output. We compare the two-tone method estimate of nonlinearity with precise voltage-power measurements. Regression spline modeling of the voltage-power relationship is used to predict the actual received power, and hence the brightness temperature, at the detector.
Citation
None
Pub Type
Encyclopedias

Keywords

calibration, nonlinearity, microwave radiometer, radiometer, remote sensing.
Electromagnetics

Citation

Walker, D. , Coakley, K. and Splett, J. (2004), Nonlinear Modeling of Tunnel Diode Detectors, None (Accessed October 11, 2025)

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Created September 23, 2004, Updated October 12, 2021
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