A circuit, waveguide, and spatial power combiner for millimeter-wave amplification

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 605-613

  Saavedra, Carlos E ^a,b   Wright, Warren ^c   Compton, Richard C ^d  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b School of Chemical and Molecular Engineering   (United States)

^c Millitech Corp   (United States)

^d NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gratings; Power amplifier array; Power combining; Quasi optics

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; ARRAYS; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; GAIN MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; POWER AMPLIFIERS;

INSERTION LOSS; LARGE SIGNAL MEASUREMENT; LINEAR POWER GAIN; MILLIMETER WAVE AMPLIFIER; POWER COMBINER; SMALL SIGNAL MEASUREMENT;

MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES;

EID: 0032627065     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.763162     Document Type: Article

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