On Wed, 13 Apr 2016 22:52:28 -0500, you wrote: >On Wed, April 13, 2016 5:32 pm, David wrote: >> Step recovery diodes are very similar in construction to varactor >> diodes so the later can be used in step recovery applications with >> qualification. > >Agilent app note AN1054 discusses using PIN diodes as frequency >multipliers. I believe that the PIN diodes were used in the manner of a >step recovery diode, as a less expensive and more easily attainable >replacement.
PIN diodes will certainly work as well and maybe even better since they will have less capacitance. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
