Analog MMICs for millimeter-wave applications based on a commercial 0.14-μm pHEMT technology

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 2086-2092

  Zirath, H ^a   Fager, C ^a   Garcia, M ^b   Sakalas, P ^a   Landen, L ^a   Alping, A ^c  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

^c Microwave Systems AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Amplifier; Frequency mixer; Frequency multiplier; Millimeter waves; MMIC

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION LOSS; MILLIMETER WAVE APPLICATIONS; NOISE FIGURE; PSEUDOMORPHIC HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTORS; RESISTIVE MIXER; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS;

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); FREQUENCY DIVIDING CIRCUITS; FREQUENCY MULTIPLYING CIRCUITS; HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTORS; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; MILLIMETER WAVES; MIXER CIRCUITS; MODULATORS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); SWITCHING CIRCUITS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 0035506878     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.963141     Document Type: Article

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