Closed-form expressions for the current components in a semiconductor p-n junction excited by a number of sinusoids were derived. The expressions obtained are quite general and simple and can be easily used to analyse the effect of p-n junction parameters and externally series-connected resistances on the amplitude of any output current component.
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