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ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS BACK DIODE backward diodes BINDING POST calibration capacitance CIRCUIT FIGURE conventional diode current flowing CURVE TRACER decreases device ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS ELECTRONS equation fan-in Forward Peak Point forward voltage gain bandwidth product germanium tunnel diodes high frequency performance high voltage impedance low voltage ma unit Mc/s measured mechanical tunneling phenomenon NEGATIVE CONDUCTANCE REGION negative resistance noise figure Outline Drawing output peak current Peak Point Current Peak Point Voltage Point Current Voltage quantum mechanical tunneling R₁ R₂ relaxation oscillator RESISTOR Reverse Voltage risetime self-resonant frequency semiconductor Series Inductance Series Resistance shown in Figure SLOPE STATIC CHARACTERISTIC CURVE supply voltage test set tolerances Total Capacity transistor TUNNEL DIODE FIGURE tunnel diode switches tunneling phenomenon thereby TYPICAL STATIC CHARACTERISTIC unique negative conductance V-I characteristic valence band valley current Valley Point Current Valley Point Voltage volt VOLTS zero