160-270-GHz InP HEMT MMIC low-noise amplifiers

Technical Digest - IEEE Compound Semiconductor Integrated Circuit Symposium, CSIC

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Varonen, M ^a   Larkoski, P ^b   Fung, A ^a   Samoska, L ^a   Kangaslahti, P ^a   Gaier, T ^a   Lai, R ^c   Sarkozy, S ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

cryogenic; InP HEMTs; LNAs; MMICs

Indexed keywords

CASCODE; CRYOGENIC OPERATIONS; FREQUENCY RANGES; INP; INP HEMT; LNAS; MMICS; ON-WAFER; ROOM TEMPERATURE; THREE-STAGE AMPLIFIERS;

CRYOGENICS; HOUSING; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; WAVEGUIDES;

LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 84871121191     PISSN: 15508781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CSICS.2012.6340058     Document Type: Conference Paper

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