A 1.7-1.9 THz local oscillator source

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 253-255

  Maestrini, Alain ^a,b   Ward, John ^a   Gill, John ^a   Javadi, Hamid ^a   Schlecht, Erich ^a   Chattopadhyay, Goutam ^a   Maiwald, Frank ^a   Erickson, Neal R ^c   Mehdi, Imran ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Frequency multiplier; Local oscillator; Schottky diode; THz technology; Varactor

Indexed keywords

COOLING; ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS; INDUCTANCE; POWER AMPLIFIERS; PUMPS; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; VARACTORS;

FREQUENCY MULTIPLIER; LOCAL OSCILLATOR; SCHOTTKY DIODE; THZ TECHNOLOGY;

OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC);

EID: 3042689627     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2004.828027     Document Type: Article

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