Ka/Q-Band Doubly Balanced MMIC Mixers with Low LO Power

IEEE Microwave and Guided Wave Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 424-426

  Yu, M ^a   Walden, Robert H ^b   Schmitz, A E ^b   Lui, M ^c  

^a Micro Circuits Corporation   (United States)

^b Hughes Aircraft Co   (United States)

^c Alodor Systems Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Balun; doubly balanced mixer; InP based Schottky diodes; MMIC; quad ring mixer

Indexed keywords

HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTORS; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE; MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM PHOSPHIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES; SEMICONDUCTOR SUPERLATTICES; VOLTAGE CONTROL;

BROADBAND DOUBLE BALANCED MIXER; HIGH CUTOFF FREQUENCIES; LOCAL OSCILLATORS; LOW SERIES RESISTANCE; QUAD RING MIXER; SIDE COUPLED BALUNS; TURN ON VOLTAGE;

MIXER CIRCUITS;

EID: 0034291158     PISSN: 10518207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/75.877233     Document Type: Article

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