A miniature broad-band pHEMT MMIC balanced distributed doubler

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 51, Issue 4 I, 2003, Pages 1257-1261

  Deng, Kuo Liang ^a   Wang, Huei ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Balanced doublers; Distributed doublers; Monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC); Reduced size rat race

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; ELECTRIC INDUCTORS; HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTORS; MILLIMETER WAVES; OSCILLATIONS;

BALANCED DISTRIBUTED DOUBLERS;

MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 0037396362     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2003.809665     Document Type: Article

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