Demonstration of a 0.48 THz amplifier module using InP HEMT transistors

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 289-291

  Deal, W R ^a   Mei, X B ^a   Radisic, V ^a   Leong, K ^a   Sarkozy, S ^a   Gorospe, B ^a   Lee, J ^a   Liu, P H ^a   Yoshida, W ^a   Zhou, J ^a   Lange, M ^a   Uyeda, J ^a   Lai, R ^a  

^a NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Coplanar waveguide; HEMT; Low noise amplifier; MM wave; MMIC; Sub millimeter wave

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIER MODULES; DIPOLE PROBES; INP HEMT; MM-WAVE; MONOLITHICALLY INTEGRATED; OPERATING FREQUENCY; PEAK GAIN; SOLID STATE AMPLIFIER; SPLIT-BLOCK; STATE OF THE ART;

COPLANAR WAVEGUIDES; HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTORS; LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; PROBES;

MILLIMETER WAVES;

EID: 77952010805     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2010.2045597     Document Type: Article

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