Third-harmonic power extraction from InP gunn devices up to 455 GHz

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 416-418

  Eisele, Heribert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gunn devices; millimeter wave devices; millimeter wave generation; millimeter wave oscillators; oscillator noise; phase noise; power combining; submillimeter wave devices; submillimeter wave generation; Submillimeter wave oscillators

Indexed keywords

MILLIMETER-WAVE GENERATION; MILLIMETER-WAVE OSCILLATORS; OSCILLATOR NOISE; POWER COMBINING; SUBMILLIMETER-WAVE DEVICES; SUBMILLIMETER-WAVE GENERATION; SUBMILLIMETER-WAVE OSCILLATORS;

FREONS; GUNN DEVICES; GUNN OSCILLATORS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; MILLIMETER WAVES; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); PHASE NOISE; SUBMILLIMETER WAVES;

MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES;

EID: 67650465249     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2009.2020044     Document Type: Article

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