A 2.5 THz receiver front-end for spaceborne applications

1998 IEEE 6th International Conference on Terahertz Electronics, THz 1998 - Proceedings

Volumn 1998-September, Issue , 1998, Pages 13-17

  Gaidis, M C ^a   Pickett, H M ^a   Siegel, P H ^a   Smith, C D ^a,b   Smith, R P ^a   Martin, S C ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Swales Aerospace   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREE RADICALS; NASA; OZONE LAYER; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; SPACE APPLICATIONS;

EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEM MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDERS; ENGINEERING MODELING; HETERODYNE RECEIVERS; OZONE DEPLETION; RECEIVER FRONT-ENDS; SCHOTTKY DIODES; SPACEBORNE APPLICATIONS; THZ RECEIVERS;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 84911974602     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/THZ.1998.731652     Document Type: Conference Paper

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