Coplanar integrated mixers for 77-GHz automotive applications

IEEE Microwave and Guided Wave Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 38-40

  Verweyen, Ludger ^a   Massler, Hermann ^a   Neumann, Markus ^a   Schaper, Ulrich ^b   Haydl, William H ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SOLID STATE PHYSICS IAF   (Germany)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING; HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTORS; PASSIVE NETWORKS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE;

COPLANAR INTEGRATED MIXERS;

MIXER CIRCUITS;

EID: 0031675948     PISSN: 10518207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/75.650982     Document Type: Article

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