345 GHz prototype SIS mixer with integrated MMIC LNA

International Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1365-1379

  Putz P ^a,b   Hedden, A ^a   Gensheimer, P ^a   Golish, D ^a   Groppi, C E ^a   Kulesa, C ^a   Narayanan, G ^c   Lichtenberger, A ^d   Kooi, J W ^e   Wadefalk, N ^e   Weinreb, S ^e   Walker, C K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Array; Heterodyne receiver; Low noise amplifier; MMIC; SIS mixer; Submillimeter

Indexed keywords

HETERODYNE RECEIVERS; MICROWAVE MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT (MMIC); SUPERCAM; SUPERCONDUCTOR INSULATOR SUPERCONDUCTOR (SIS) MIXER\;

CRYOGENICS; HEATING; LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; SUBMILLIMETER WAVES;

MIXER CIRCUITS;

EID: 34249003025     PISSN: 01959271     EISSN: 15729559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10762-006-9145-0     Document Type: Article

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