Broadband optimisation of microwave mixers for signal and noise performance

1994 24th European Microwave Conference, EUMA 1994

Volumn 2, Issue , 1994, Pages 1900-1905

  Rizzoli, Vittorio ^a   Costanzo, Alessandra ^a   Cecchetti, Claudio ^b   Mastri, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE UGO BORDONI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; MICROWAVE DEVICES; NOISE FIGURE; OPTIMIZATION;

ANALYTIC ALGORITHM; DISCRETE FREQUENCIES; GRADIENT COMPUTATION; HARMONIC BALANCE; MICROWAVE MIXERS; NETWORK FUNCTIONS; NOISE PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE INDICES;

MICROWAVES;

EID: 9744271710     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EUMA.1994.337498     Document Type: Conference Paper

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