A Wide-band GaAs Monolithic Spiral Quadrature Hybrid and its Circuit Applications

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 1991, Pages 1394-1398

  Ali, Fazal ^a   Podell, Allen ^a  

^a Pacific Monolithics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS--APPLICATIONS; ELECTRIC INDUCTORS--APPLICATIONS; ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS, PHASE CHANGER; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS, MONOLITHIC--MICROWAVES; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE--APPLICATIONS;

IMAGE-REJECT DOWNCONVERTER; LUMPED SPIRAL INDUCTORS; METAL-INSULATOR-METAL (MIM) CAPACITORS; MONOLITHIC SPIRAL QUADRATURE HYBRID; REFLECTION PHASE SHIFTER;

INTEGRATED CIRCUITS, HYBRID;

EID: 0026237758     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: 1558173X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/4.90093     Document Type: Article

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