A W-band low-noise amplifier with 22K noise temperature

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 681-684

  Bryerton, Eric W ^a   Mei, Xiaobing ^b   Kim, Young Min ^b   Deal, William ^b   Yoshida, Wayne ^b   Lange, Mike ^b   Uyeda, Jansen ^b   Morgan, Matthew ^a   Lai, Richard ^b  

^a NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT TEMPERATURES; CRYOGENIC TEMPERATURES; FREQUENCY SHIFT; INP HEMT; NOISE TEMPERATURE; POWER DISSIPATION; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTORS; INSULATING MATERIALS; LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS; MICROWAVE CIRCUITS; MICROWAVES; TEMPERATURE;

AUDIO FREQUENCY AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 77949938450     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWSYM.2009.5165788     Document Type: Conference Paper

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