Low noise amplifier for 180 GHz frequency band

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 451-454

  Kangaslahti, Pekka ^a   Pukala, David ^a   Gaier, Todd ^a   Deal, William ^b   Mei, Xiaobing ^b   Lai, Richard ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

High electron mobility transistors (HEMTs); Indium phosphide; Millimeter wave field effect transistor (FET) amplifiers; MMIC; Monolithic millimeter wave integ low noise amplifier

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; AUDIO FREQUENCY AMPLIFIERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ELECTRON MOBILITY; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; FREQUENCY BANDS; INDIUM PHOSPHIDE; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS; MICROWAVE CIRCUITS; MICROWAVES; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; MILLIMETER WAVES; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; RESONANCE; TRANSISTORS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES; HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITIES; HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTORS (HEMTS); HUMIDITY PROFILES; LOW NOISES; MILLIMETER WAVE FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTOR (FET) AMPLIFIERS; MILLIMETER-WAVE; MMIC; MONOLITHIC MILLIMETER WAVE INTEG LOW NOISE AMPLIFIER; NOISE TEMPERATURES; RESONANCE FREQUENCIES; WATER MOLECULES;

HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTORS;

EID: 57349128421     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWSYM.2008.4633200     Document Type: Conference Paper

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