SiGe receiver front ends for millimeter-wave passive imaging

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2416-2425

  Powell, Johnna ^a   Kim, Helen ^b   Sodini, Charles G ^c  

^a Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

77 GHz; 94 GHz; Concealed weapons detection; Low noise amplifier (LNA); Millimeter wave; Mixer; Passive imaging; SiGe; Ultra wideband; Voltage controlled oscillator (VCO)

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; BROADBAND AMPLIFIERS; ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS; MILLIMETER WAVES; MIXERS (MACHINERY); MIXING; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); PHASE INTERFACES; SEMICONDUCTING GERMANIUM COMPOUNDS; SILICON ALLOYS; VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

77 GHZ; 94 GHZ; CONCEALED WEAPONS DETECTION; LOW-NOISE AMPLIFIER (LNA); MIXER; PASSIVE IMAGING; SIGE; ULTRA-WIDEBAND; VOLTAGE-CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR (VCO);

AUDIO FREQUENCY AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 55849115630     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2008.2006103     Document Type: Article

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