Direct-detection MMIC FPAs for MMW imaging

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3064, Issue , 1997, Pages 90-97

  Kuroda, Roger T ^a   Dow, G Samuel ^a   Guo, Y ^a   Johnson, Ronald L ^a   Biedenbender, Mike ^a   Marashi, Alireza ^a   Yujiri, Larry ^a   Shoucri, Merit ^a  

^a NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated microelectronic assembly; Dicke switching; Focal plane array; Low noise amplifier; MMIC; Passive millimeter wave imaging; Radiometry; W band recievers

Indexed keywords

AUDIO FREQUENCY AMPLIFIERS; CAMERAS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT TESTING; FOCAL PLANE ARRAYS; FOCUSING; LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS; MICROWAVE CIRCUITS; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; MILLIMETER WAVES; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; TECHNOLOGY;

AUTOMATED MICROELECTRONIC ASSEMBLY; DICKE SWITCHING; FOCAL PLANE ARRAY; LOW NOISE AMPLIFIER; MMIC; PASSIVE MILLIMETER WAVE IMAGING; W-BAND RECIEVERS;

MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 0142232174     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.277070     Document Type: Conference Paper

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