Capability of THz sources based on Schottky diode frequency multiplier chains

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages 1587-1590

  Ward, John ^a   Schlecht, Erich ^a   Chattopadhyay, Goutam ^a   Maestrini, Alain ^a,b,c   Gill, John ^a   Maiwald, Frank ^a   Javadi, Hamid ^a   Mehdi, Imran ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Frequency conversion; Schottky diode frequency converters; Submillimeter wave frequency conversion; Submillimeter wave generation; Varactor

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY CONVERSION; SCHOTTKY DIODE FREQUENCY CONVERTERS; SUBMILLIMETER WAVE FREQUENCY CONVERSION; SUBMILLIMETER WAVE GENERATION;

BANDWIDTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXTRAPOLATION; FREQUENCY CONVERTERS; FREQUENCY MULTIPLYING CIRCUITS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SUBMILLIMETER WAVES; VARACTORS;

SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES;

EID: 4544227919     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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