A 30 - 130 GHz ultra broadband direct-conversion BPSK modulator using a 0.5-μm E/D-PHEMT process

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 805-807

  Chang, Hong Yeh ^a,b   Lin, Cheng Kuo ^c   Wang, Yu Chi ^c  

^a IEEE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c WIN SEMICONDUCTORS CORP   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Binary phase shift keying (BPSK); Broadband; D band; Enhancement mode; Enhancement depletion pseudomorphic high electron mobility transistor (E D PHEMT); Millimeter wave (MMW); Modulator

Indexed keywords

BINARY PHASE SHIFT KEYING (BPSK); BROADBAND; ENHANCEMENT MODE;

ELECTRON MOBILITY; ERROR ANALYSIS; MILLIMETER WAVES; MODULATORS;

PHASE SHIFT KEYING;

EID: 35948978440     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2007.908060     Document Type: Article

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