High-Gain 150-215-GHz MMIC Amplifier with Integral Waveguide Transitions

IEEE Microwave and Guided Wave Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 282-284

  Weinreb, S ^a   Gaier, T ^a   Lai, R ^b   Barsky, M ^b   Leong, Y C ^c   Samoska, L ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^c University of Massachusetts   (United States)

Author keywords

InP; millimeter wave; transistor amplifier; waveguide transition

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT; MILLIMETER WAVES; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; RADAR; RADIOMETRY; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM PHOSPHIDE; SIMULATORS; WAVEGUIDES;

GROUNDED COPLANAR WAVEGUIDE; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AMPLIFIER; TRANSISTOR AMPLIFIER; WAVEGUIDE TRANSITION;

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC);

EID: 0032654102     PISSN: 10518207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/75.774148     Document Type: Article

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