Demonstration of sub-millimeter wave fundamental oscillators using 35-nm InP HEMT technology

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 223-225

  Radisic, V ^a,c   Mei, X B ^a   Deal, W R ^a,c   Yoshida, W ^a   Liu, P H ^a   Uyeda, J ^a   Barsky, M ^a   Samoska, L ^b,c   Fung, A ^b   Gaier, T ^b   Lai, R ^a,c  

^a NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c IEEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coplanar waveguide (CPW); High electron mobility transistor (HEMT); MM wave; Monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC); Oscillator; Sub millimeter wave

Indexed keywords

FUNDAMENTAL OSCILLATORS; MAXIMUM AVAILABLE GAIN (MAG); ON-CHIP RESONATORS;

COPLANAR WAVEGUIDES; HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTORS; IMPEDANCE MATCHING (ELECTRIC); MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM PHOSPHIDE; SUBMILLIMETER WAVES;

VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

EID: 33847770325     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2006.890495     Document Type: Article

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