An 86–106 GHz Quasi-Integrated Low Noise Schottky Receiver

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 558-564

  Bishop, William L ^b   Crowe, Thomas W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HORN ANTENNAS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MILLIMETER WAVES; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; SIGNAL RECEIVERS;

GALLIUM ARSENIDE; INTEGRATED HORN ANTENNAS; SCHOTTKY RECEIVERS; SUBMILLIMETER-WAVE RECEIVERS;

SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES;

EID: 0027574718     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.231646     Document Type: Article

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