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==Tunnel diode types used in Tek equipment==
== Reading ==
See [[:Category:Tunnel diodes]]
===Textbooks and references===
* Wikipedia: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunnel_diode Tunnel Diode] / [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backward_diode Backward Diode]
* Jacob Millman and Herbert Taub: Pulse, Digital and Switching Waveforms. McGraw-Hill, 1965. (&rarr; [https://archive.org/details/PulseDigitalSwitchingWaveforms Online (complete)])
** Chapter 12: Negative-resistance Devices – [http://w140.com/kurt/millman_taub_ed1_ch12.pdf PDF] / [http://w140.com/kurt/millman_taub_ed1_ch12.djvu DJVU]
** Chapter 13: Negative-resistance Switching Circuits – [http://w140.com/kurt/millman_taub_ed1_ch13.pdf PDF] / [http://w140.com/kurt/millman_taub_ed1_ch13.djvu DJVU]
* Sylvester P. Gentile: Basic Theory and Application of Tunnel Diodes (1962) [http://w140.com/Gentile-TunnelDiodes.pdf PDF (complete)]
** Chapter 8: Pulse and Switching Circuits [http://w140.com/kurt/tunnel_diodes_gentile_ch8.pdf PDF] / [http://w140.com/kurt/tunnel_diodes_gentile_ch8.djvu DJVU]
* [http://w140.com/GenRad_Experimenter_July-Aug_1960.pdf Article by General Radio on Tunnel Diode Measurements (PDF)]
* [http://www.tpub.com/neets/book7/26a.htm tpub.com: The Tunnel Diode]
* [http://w140.com/aec-nasa_april69_tunnel_diodes.pdf AEC - NASA Tech Brief 69-10116 (1969): Simple Tunnel Diode Circuit for Accurate Zero Crossing Timing]
* [http://w140.com/Nucl_Instrum_Methods_TD_Induct_effects_1968.pdf Nuclear Instruments and Methods 66 (1968): Inductance Effects on Capacitive Loading of a Tunnel Diode]
 
===Cross-reference===
* [http://w140.com/tek_xref_tunnel_diodes.pdf Tektronix diode cross reference - Tunnel, Back, Four-layer, Varicap, Snap-off, Suppressor, PIN]
* [http://w140.com/tunnel_diodes_table_cs.html Craig Sawyers' 1N tunnel diode summary table]
* See also [[:Category:Tunnel diodes]] /  [[:Category:Back diodes]]


== Reading ==
===General Electric===
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunnel_diode
* [http://w140.com/GE_Tunnel_Diode_Manual.pdf General Electric Tunnel Diode Manual, 1st ed. 1961]
* http://w140.com/ge_transistor_manual_1964-ch14_td.pdf
* [http://w140.com/Ge1961TunnelDiodeManual.pdf General Electric Tunnel Diode Manual (1961)]
* http://w140.com/ge_transistor_manual_1964-tunnel-diode_specs.pdf
* General Electric Transistor Manual (1964)
* http://w140.com/kurt/Rca1963TunnelDiodeManual.pdf
** [http://w140.com/ge_transistor_manual_1964-ch14_td.pdf Chapter 14: Tunnel Diode Circuits (PDF)]
* http://w140.com/Gentile-TunnelDiodes.pdf
** [http://w140.com/ge_transistor_manual_1964-tunnel-diode_specs.pdf Chapter 19: Tunnel Diode Specifications]
* http://w140.com/Ge1961TunnelDiodeManual.pdf
* [http://w140.com/kurt/ge_tunnel_diodes_71.pdf General Electric Tunnel Diode Specifications (1971)]
* http://w140.com/kurt/tunnel_diodes_gentile_ch8.pdf
* http://w140.com/kurt/tunnel_diodes_gentile_ch8.djvu
* http://www.tpub.com/neets/book7/26a.htm
* http://w140.com/kurt/millman_taub_ed1_ch12.pdf
* http://w140.com/kurt/millman_taub_ed1_ch12.djvu
* http://w140.com/kurt/millman_taub_ed1_ch13.pdf
* http://w140.com/kurt/millman_taub_ed1_ch13.djvu
* http://www.avtechpulse.com/faq.html/IV.3/
* http://w140.com/kurt/gpd_tunnel_datasheet.pdf
* http://w140.com/kurt/ge_tunnel_diodes_71.pdf
* http://w140.com/kurt/ge_bd1-7.pdf
* http://w140.com/GE_Tunnel_Diode_Manual.pdf
* http://w140.com/tunnel_diodes_table_cs.html
* [http://w140.com/td262a.pdf GE TD26x/TD27x Datasheet (PDF)]
* [http://w140.com/td262a.pdf GE TD26x/TD27x Datasheet (PDF)]
* http://w140.com/Nucl_Instrum_Methods_TD_Induct_effects_1968.pdf
* [http://w140.com/kurt/ge_bd1-7.pdf Germanium Back Diodes] (BD1 – BD7)
* http://w140.com/tek_xref_tunnel_diodes.pdf
 
* [http://w140.com/GenRad_Experimenter_July-Aug_1960.pdf Article by General Radio on Tunnel Diode Measurements (PDF)]
===RCA===
* http://w140.com/aec-nasa_april69_tunnel_diodes.pdf
* [http://w140.com/kurt/Rca1963TunnelDiodeManual.pdf RCA Tunnel Diode Manual (1963)]  
 
===Other Manufacturers===
* [http://w140.com/kurt/gpd_tunnel_datasheet.pdf Germanium Power Devices Corp. Tunnel Diode Specifications, 6/1985] (1N3712–20, 1N3713–21)
 
==Images==


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File:Tek 575 tunnel diode.jpg|testing a tunnel diode on a 575
File:Tek 575 tunnel diode.jpg|testing a tunnel diode on a 575
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