A highly linear single balanced mixer based on heterojunction interband tunneling diode

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 2437-2445

  Cidronali, Alessandro ^a,b   Collodi, Giovanni ^a,b   Deshpande, Mandar Ramesh ^a,c   El Zein, Nada ^a,c   Nair, Vijay ^a,c   Manes, Gianfranco ^a,b   Goronkin, Herb ^a,c  

^a IEEE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c MOTOROLA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Linear mixer; Microwave mixer; MMIC; Quantum well device

Indexed keywords

HETEROJUNCTION INTERBAND TUNNELING DIODES (HITD);

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; INTERMODULATION; LUMPED PARAMETER NETWORKS; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; TUNNEL DIODES; WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS;

MIXER CIRCUITS;

EID: 0035683285     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.971633     Document Type: Conference Paper

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