60-GHz direct-conversion gigabit modulator/demodulator on liquid-crystal polymer

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1245-1251

  Sarkar, Saikat ^a,b,c   Yeh, David A ^a,b,c   Pinel, Stéphane ^a,b,d   Laskar, Joy ^a,b,c,e  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d Electronic Design   (United States)

^e Georgia's Electronic Design Center   (Georgia)

Author keywords

Liquid crystal polymer (LCP); Millimeter wave; Modulator; Subharmonic mixer; System on package (SOP)

Indexed keywords

MILLIMETER WAVE; MODULATOR; SUBHARMONIC MIXER; SYSTEM-ON-PACKAGE (SOP);

DIELECTRIC DEVICES; ELECTRONICS PACKAGING; MODULATORS; WAVE FILTERS;

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

EID: 33644973482     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2006.869716     Document Type: Article

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