Towards terahertz MMIC amplifiers: Present status and trends

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 333-336

  Samoska, Lorene ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplifiers; HEMTs; InP; MMICs; Terahertz

Indexed keywords

MONOLITHIC MILLIMETER-WAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT (MMIC); POWER GAIN;

FREQUENCY BANDS; GAIN MEASUREMENT; LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS; MILLIMETER WAVES; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 34250351483     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWSYM.2006.249519     Document Type: Conference Paper

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