HEMT MMW MMICs for radiometer sensor applications

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 832-835

  Lai, Richard ^a   Sarkozy, Stephen ^a  

^a Orthrop Grumman Aerospace Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE SYSTEMS; INP HEMT; LO DRIVER; MMIC TECHNOLOGY; NORTHROP GRUMMAN; PAST AND PRESENT; SENSOR APPLICATIONS; SYSTEM APPLICATIONS;

METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; POWER AMPLIFIERS; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; SENSORS;

LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 77957783977     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWSYM.2010.5517240     Document Type: Conference Paper

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