A 1.4-2.7-GHz analog MMIC vector modulator for a crossbar beamforming network

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 45, Issue 10 PART 1, 1997, Pages 1705-1714

  Grajal, Jesús ^a   Gismero, Javier ^a   Mahfoudi, Mustapha ^a   Petz, Felix A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (France)

Author keywords

Beamforming network; MMIC; Vector modulator

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; CROSSBAR EQUIPMENT; DESIGN; MICROWAVE FILTERS; MODULATORS; PERFORMANCE;

VECTOR MODULATORS;

MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 0031246220     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.641716     Document Type: Article

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