G-band metamorphic HEMT-based frequency multipliers

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2983-2992

  Campos Roca, Yolanda ^a,b   Schwörer, Christoph ^c,d   Leuther, Arnulf ^c   Seelmann Eggebert, Matthias ^c  

^a IEEE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^c FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SOLID STATE PHYSICS IAF   (Germany)

^d SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coplanar waveguide (CPW); Frequency multiplier; G band; Harmonic terminations; Metamorphic high electron mobility transistor (MHEMT); Millimeter wave; Monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC)

Indexed keywords

COPLANAR WAVEGUIDE (CPW); G-BAND; HARMONIC TERMINATIONS; METAMORPHIC HIGH ELECTRON-MOBILITY TRANSISTOR (MHEMT); MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT (MMIC);

ELECTRON MOBILITY; GATES (TRANSISTOR); MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM GALLIUM ARSENIDE; TRANSISTORS; WAVEGUIDES;

FREQUENCY MULTIPLYING CIRCUITS;

EID: 33746396066     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2006.877034     Document Type: Article

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