Novel subharmonically pumped mixer incorporating dual-band stub and in-line SCMRC

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2538-2547

  Yum, Tsz Yin ^a   Xue, Quan ^a   Chan, Chi Hou ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

1 dB power compression point (P1dB); Dual band stub (DBS); Quasi lumped component; Spiral compact microstrip resonant cell (SCMRC); Subharmonically pumped (SHP) mixer

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC NETWORK SYNTHESIS; INSERTION LOSSES; MICROSTRIP LINES; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; PERMITTIVITY; SCATTERING PARAMETERS;

DUAL BAND STUB; LOW CONVERSION LOSS; SPIRAL COMPACT MICROSTRIP RESONANT CELL; SUBHARMONICALLY PUMPED MIXER;

MIXER CIRCUITS;

EID: 0742269420     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2003.820152     Document Type: Article

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