Dual-band sub-harmonic quadrature mixer using composite right/left-handed transmission lines

IEE Proceedings: Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 365-375

  Lin, I H ^a   Leong, K M K H ^b   Caloz, C ^c   Itoh, T ^b  

^a MediaPHY Co   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); RADIO FREQUENCY AMPLIFIERS;

DUAL-BAND SUB-HARMONIC QUADRATURE MIXER; DUAL-PASSBAND DUAL-STOPBAND (DPDS) SHUNT TERMINATIONS; IN-PHASE/QUADRATURE GENERATION;

MICROWAVE DEVICES;

EID: 33747092641     PISSN: 13502417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/ip-map:20050138     Document Type: Article

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