Low noise broadband tunerless waveguide SIS receivers for 440-500 GHz and 630-690 GHz

International Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 493-506

  Haas, S ^a   Honingh, C E ^a   Hottgenroth, D ^a   Jacobs, K ^a   Stutzki, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

SIS mixer; SIS receiver; Submiltimeter wavelength; Tunerless mixer

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; HORN ANTENNAS; MIXER CIRCUITS; NIOBIUM; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; TUNING; WAVEGUIDES;

BROADBAND TUNERLESS WAVEGUIDE SIS RECEIVERS; SUBMILLIMETER WAVELENGTH; SUPERCONDUCTOR INSULATOR SUPERCONDUCTOR (SIS);

SIGNAL RECEIVERS;

EID: 0030107596     PISSN: 01959271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02088024     Document Type: Article

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