A Planar Quasi-Optical Mixer Using a Folded-Slot Antenna

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 896-898

  Robertson, Stephen V ^a   Katehi, Linda P B ^a   Rebeiz, Gabriel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA FEEDERS; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); ELECTRIC NETWORK SYNTHESIS; LENSES; LOW PASS FILTERS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SINGLE SIDEBAND RECEIVERS; SLOT ANTENNAS; WAVEGUIDES;

FOLDED SLOT BALANCED MIXER; ORTHOGONAL MODES; QUASIOPTICAL MIXER; TWO DIMENSIONAL ANTENNA;

MIXER CIRCUITS;

EID: 0029290893     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.375268     Document Type: Article

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