Demonstration of a g-band transceiver for future space crosslinks

IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 675-681

  Sarkozy, S ^a   Vukovic, M ^a   Padilla, J G ^a   Chang, J ^a   Tseng, G ^a   Tran, P ^a   Yocom, P ^a   Yamasaki, W ^a   Leong, K M K H ^a   Lee, W ^a  

^a NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

G band; HEMT; InP; low noise amplifier (LNA); MILSATCOM; mixer; PA; transceiver

Indexed keywords

CARRIER WAVES; G-BAND; GATE LENGTH; INP; MILSATCOM; OUTPUT POWER; RECEIVER NOISE; SPURIOUS RESPONSE;

HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTORS; LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS; MIXERS (MACHINERY); MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; POLYAMIDES;

TRANSCEIVERS;

EID: 84884816572     PISSN: 2156342X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TTHZ.2013.2276118     Document Type: Article

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