Parametric conversion with distributedly modulated capacitors (DMC) for low-noise and non-reciprocal RF front-ends

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Qin, Shihan ^a   Wang, Yuanxun Ethan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Circulators; Distributed circuits; Nonlinear circuits; Parametric circuits; Time varying circuits; Varactor

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION GAIN; DISTRIBUTED CIRCUITS; DOUBLE-BALANCED; LOW NOISE FIGURE; NOISE PERFORMANCE; NONLINEAR CIRCUIT; PARAMETRIC AMPLIFICATION; SIGNAL FREQUENCIES;

BROADBAND AMPLIFIERS; CAPACITORS; ELECTRIC LINES; NOISE FIGURE; OPTIMIZATION; TIME VARYING NETWORKS; TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY; VARACTORS; WAVEGUIDE CIRCULATORS;

LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 84893284313     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWSYM.2013.6697751     Document Type: Conference Paper

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