Performance evaluation of multiplication chains up to THz frequencies

Conference Digest of the 2004 Joint 29th International Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Waves and 12th International Conference on Terahertz Electronics

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 197-198

  Grajal, Jesús ^a   Siles, José Vicente ^a   Krozer, Viktor ^b   Sbarra, Elisa ^b   Leone, Bruno ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; HARMONIC GENERATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS; MILLIMETER WAVES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTIMIZATION; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; SIMULATORS;

AVALANCHE BREAKDOWN; HARMONIC-BALANCE TECHNIQUES; IMAGE-FORCE EFFECTS; SERIES RESISTANCE;

FREQUENCY MULTIPLYING CIRCUITS;

EID: 16244398886     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/icimw.2004.1422022     Document Type: Conference Paper

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