Design consideration for a two-distributed-junction tuning circuit

International Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 41-54

  Uzawa, Y ^a   Takeda, M ^a   Kawakami, A ^a   Wang, Z ^a   Noguchi, T ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Broadband tuning circuit; Chebyshev's filter; Low current density; SIS mixer; Submillimeter wave

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; BANDWIDTH; CURRENT DENSITY; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; OPTIMIZATION; SUBMILLIMETER WAVES; SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES; TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY; TUNING;

BROADBAND TUNING CIRCUITS; CHEBYSHEV'S FILTER; LOW-CURRENT DENSITY; SIS MIXER;

NETWORKS (CIRCUITS);

EID: 16244419787     PISSN: 01959271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10762-004-2031-8     Document Type: Article

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