A 23-37 GHz miniature MMIC subharmonic mixer

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 679-681

  Lin, Che Hung ^b   Lai, Yu Ann ^b   Chiu, Jui Chieh ^b   Wang, Yeong Her ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Directional coupler; Monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC); PHEMT; Subharmonic mixer

Indexed keywords

DIRECTIONAL COUPLERS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTORS; LOW PASS FILTERS; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES;

CONVERSION LOSSES; IMPEDANCE TRANSFORMATION; SUBHARMONIC MIXERS;

MIXER CIRCUITS;

EID: 34548256228     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2007.903460     Document Type: Article

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