COVER
CONTENTS
Abstract
Acknowledgments
Table Captions
Figure Captions
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. The Negative Differential Resistance Device Bassed on the Combination of Transistors and Resistors
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Proposal of a NDR device
2.2.1 The Initial High Resistance Region
2.2.2 The Positive Resistance Region
2.2.3 The Negative Resistance Region
2.2.4 The Final High Resistance Region
2.3 Experimental Results and Discussion
2.3.1 The Effect of R on the I-V Curve
2.3.2 The Effect of R on the I-V Curve
2.3.3 The Effect of R on the I-V Curve
2.3.4 The Effect of R on the I-V Curve
2.3.5 The Effect of R on the I-V Curve
2.3.6 The Effect of R on the I-V Curve
2.4 Conclusions
Chapter 3. The Combined Current-Voltage Characteristics and Hysteresis Phenomena for Identical Negative Differential Resistance Devices in Series
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Analysis by the Load-Line Method
3.2.1 Two Identical NDR Devices in Series
3.2,2 Three Identical NDR Devices in Series
3.2.3 N Identical NDR Devices in Series (N≧3)
3.3 Experimental and Simulated Results
3.4 Estimation of the Peak-to-Valley Current Ratio for N NDR Devices in Series
3.5 Discussion
3.6 Conclusions
Chapter 4. The Combined Current-Voltage Characteristics and Hysteresis Phenomena for Similar Negative Differential Resistance Devices in Series
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Under the Consideration of Ipa>Ipb and Iva>lyb
4.2.1 The Combined Circuit Analysis
4.2.2 Experimental and Simulated Results
4.3 Under the Consideration of Ipa>Ipb and Iya<Ivb
4.3.1 The Combined Circuit Analysis
4.3.2 Experimental and Simulated Results
4.4 Conclusions
Chapter 5. Improved Multipeak Current-Voltage Circuit Design
5.1 lntroduction
5.2 Three-Peak I-V Characteristics by Connecting Two Special NDR Devices
5.2.1 The Combined Circuit Analysis
5.2.2 Experimental Results and Discussion
5.3 Four-Peak or Five-Peak I-V Characteristics by Connecting Two Identical and One Special NDR Devices
5.3.1 The Combined Circuit Analysis
5.3.2 Experimental Results and Discussion
5.4 Five-Peak, Six-peak, or Seven-Peak I-V Characteristics by Connecting Three Identical and One Special NDR Devices
5.4.1 The Combined Circuit Analysis
5.4.2 Experimental Results and Discussion
5.5 Five-Peak, Six-peak, or Seven-Peak I-V Characteristics by Connecting Three Special NDR Devices
5.5.1 The Combined Circuit Analysis
5.5.2 Experimental Results and Discussion
5.6 Application
5.6.1 The Large-Signal NDR Devices Model for PSpice Program
5.6.2 Simulated Results
5.7 Conclusions
Chapter 6. Conclusions and Expectations
References
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