A G-band cryogenic MMIC heterodyne receiver module for astronomical applications

European Microwave Week 2011: "Wave to the Future", EuMW 2011, Conference Proceedings - 41st European Microwave Conference, EuMC 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 523-526

  Voll, Patricia ^a,b   Samoska, Lorene ^c   Church, Sarah ^a,b   Lau, Judy M ^a,b   Sieth, Matthew ^a,b   Gaier, Todd ^c   Kangaslahti, Pekka ^c   Soria, Mary ^c   Tantawi, Sami ^d   Van Winkle, Dan ^d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

HEMTs; Low noise amplifiers; MMICs; Multichip modules

Indexed keywords

A-SPOTS; ASTRONOMICAL APPLICATION; ATMOSPHERIC WINDOW; BIAS CIRCUITRY; COMPACT DESIGNS; GHZ BAND; HEMTS; HETERODYNE RECEIVERS; INP HEMT; MMICS; NOISE TEMPERATURE; SECOND-HARMONIC MIXER; SPLIT-BLOCK;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BANDPASS AMPLIFIERS; BANDPASS FILTERS; CRYOGENICS; ELECTRIC CONNECTORS; HETERODYNING; LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS; MULTICHIP MODULES; RADIO RECEIVERS;

MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 84855769183     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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