A 60-GHz uniplanar MMIC 4× subharmonic mixer

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 50, Issue 11 SPEC, 2002, Pages 2580-2588

  Chapman, Michael W ^a,b,c   Raman, Sanjay ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b State University   (United States)

^c Alfred Mann Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Coplanar transmission lines; Coplanar waveguides (CPWs); Millimeter wave integrated circuits; Mixers; Monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMICs); Schottky diodes

Indexed keywords

COPLANAR TRANSMISSION LINES; FINITE GROUND COPLANAR; MILLIMETER WAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; SUBHARMONIC MIXER;

CIRCUIT OSCILLATIONS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; MIXER CIRCUITS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SUBSTRATES; TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY; WAVEGUIDES;

MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 0036851355     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2002.804638     Document Type: Article

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