A 28-40 GHz doubly balanced monolithic passive mixer with a compact if extraction

Progress In Electromagnetics Research Letters

Volumn 19, Issue , 2010, Pages 171-178

  Lin, C M ^a   Lee, Y C ^a   Hung, S H ^a   Wang, Yeong Her ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL APPLIED RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTRACTION;

DOUBLY BALANCED MIXER; GAAS PHEMT PROCESS; HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE; MEASURED RESULTS; MICROWAVE PASSIVES; PASSIVE MIXERS; STAR MIXER; WIDEBAND PERFORMANCE;

MIXER CIRCUITS;

EID: 79951972998     PISSN: 19376480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/PIERL10112202     Document Type: Article

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