High-performance V-band cascode HEMT mixer and downconverter module

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 805-810

  Kim, Junghyun ^a   Jeon, Moon Suk ^a   Kim, Dongki ^a   Jeong, Jinho ^a   Kwon, Youngwoo ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Downconverter; High conversion gain; Linearity; Millimeter wave; V band cascode mixer

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; INTERMODULATION; LOW PASS FILTERS; MICROWAVE AMPLIFIERS; MIXER CIRCUITS; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; OPTIMIZATION; SIGNAL DISTORTION; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

CASCODE MIXER; DOWNCONVERTER; INTERMODULATION DISTORTION;

HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTORS;

EID: 0037360008     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2003.808612     Document Type: Article

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