Design and analysis of a w-band sige direct-detection-based passive imaging receivera

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2240-2252

  Gilreath, Leland ^a   Jain, Vipul ^b   Heydari, Payam ^c  

^a NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^b SaberTek Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dicke switch; direct detection; low noise amplifier (LNA); passive imaging; power detector; radiometer; silicon germanium

Indexed keywords

DICKE SWITCH; DIRECT DETECTION; LOW NOISE AMPLIFIER (LNA); PASSIVE IMAGING; POWER DETECTORS;

APPLICATION SPECIFIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; GERMANIUM; LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SILICON ALLOYS; SILICON COMPOUNDS;

DETECTORS;

EID: 80053637656     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2011.2162792     Document Type: Conference Paper

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