An overview of solid-state integrated circuit amplifiers in the submillimeter-wave and THz regime

IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 9-24

  Samoska, Lorene A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryogenic electronics; HBTs; HEMTs; low noise amplifiers; MMICs; submillimeter wave; THz

Indexed keywords

CRYOGENIC ELECTRONICS; HBTS; HEMTS; MMICS; THZ;

CRYOGENICS; ELECTRON MOBILITY; HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTORS; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS; POWER AMPLIFIERS; SUBMILLIMETER WAVES; TECHNOLOGY; TERAHERTZ WAVES;

MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 80052481811     PISSN: 2156342X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TTHZ.2011.2159558     Document Type: Review

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