A variable conversion gain star mixer for Ka-band applications

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 802-804

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

^a IEEE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Gain compensation; Ka band; Monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC); PHEMT; Star mixer

Indexed keywords

GAIN COMPENSATION; KA-BAND; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT (MMIC); PHEMT; STAR MIXER;

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; DIODES; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

MIXER CIRCUITS;

EID: 35948983702     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2007.908059     Document Type: Article

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