Progress on Tunerless SIS Mixers for the 200–300 GHz Band

IEEE Microwave and Guided Wave Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 1992, Pages 454-456

  Lichtenberger, A W ^b   Lea, D M ^b  

^a NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROWAVE DEVICES; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; WAVEGUIDE JUNCTIONS;

CONVERSION LOSS; COPLANAR MIXER CIRCUIT; NOISE TEMPERATURE; SIS JUNCTIONS; TUNERLESS SUPERCONDUCTOR-INSULATOR-SUPERCONDUCTOR (SIS) MIXERS;

MIXER CIRCUITS;

EID: 0026953131     PISSN: 10518207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/75.165642     Document Type: Article

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