K-band CMOS sub-harmonic resistive mixer with a miniature marchand balun on lossy silicon substrate

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 40-42

  Wei, Hung Ju ^a,b   Meng, Chinchun ^a,b   Wu, Po Yi ^b   Tsung, Kuan Chang ^b  

^a IEEE

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Marchand balun; Monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC); Sub harmonically pumped resistive mixer (SPRM)

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SUBSTRATES;

LOCAL OSCILLATION; MARCHAND BALUN; SUB-HARMONICALLY PUMPED RESISTIVE MIXER (SPRM);

MIXER CIRCUITS;

EID: 38149103333     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2007.911991     Document Type: Article

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