Compact mixer-based 1-12 GHz reflectometer

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 781-783

  Choi, Min K ^a,b   Zhao, Min ^a,b   Hagness, Susan C ^a,b   Van Der Weide, Daniel W ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Attenuators; Mixers; Reflectometer; Ultrawide band (UWB) microwave imaging

Indexed keywords

LOAD IMPEDANCES; MIXERS; ULTRAWIDE-BAND (UWB) MICROWAVE IMAGING; VECTOR NETWORK ANALYZER;

ARRAYS; ELECTRIC ATTENUATORS; ELECTRIC LOADS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; REFLECTOMETERS;

MIXER CIRCUITS;

EID: 28744442059     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2005.859015     Document Type: Article

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