A miniature millimeter-wave monolithic starmixerwith simple if extraction circuit

Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications

Volumn 23, Issue 17-18, 2009, Pages 2433-2440

  Lai, Y A ^a   Hung, S H ^a   Chen, C N ^a   Wang, Y H ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHIP DIMENSIONS; CONVERSION LOSS; DOUBLE BALANCED MIXERS; EXTRACTION CIRCUITS; GAAS; LAYOUT DESIGNS; MEASURED RESULTS; PHASE RELATIONSHIPS; STAR MIXER;

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; MILLIMETER WAVES;

MIXERS (MACHINERY);

EID: 75449100730     PISSN: 09205071     EISSN: 15693937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156939309790416170     Document Type: Article

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