A 0.2-W heterostructure barrier varactor frequency tripler at 113 GHz

IEEE Electron Device Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 340-342

  Vukusic, Josip ^a   Bryllert, Tomas ^a   Arezoo Emadi, T ^a   Sadeghi, Mahdad ^a   Stake, Jan ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Frequency multiplier; Heterostructure barrier varactor (HBV); High power operation; Millimeter wave devices; Semiconductor diodes; Terahertz source; Thermal management

Indexed keywords

FLIP CHIP DEVICES; FREQUENCY TRIPLERS; MICROSTRIP DEVICES; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; VARACTORS;

HETEROSTRUCTURE BARRIER VARACTOR (HBV); THERMAL DISSIPATION; WAVEGUIDE BLOCK;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 34247602136     PISSN: 07413106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LED.2007.895376     Document Type: Article

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