Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, Volume. 40, Issue 1, 33(2021)

A broadband millimeter-wave sub-harmonic mixer using microstrip passive circuits

Jie XU1,3、*, Zheng-Bin XU1, Jian GUO1, Cheng QIAN1、**, and Di-Xian ZHAO2,3
Author Affiliations
  • 1State Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves,Southeast University.Nanjing 210096,China
  • 2National Mobile Communication Research Laboratory,Southeast University,Nanjing 210096,China
  • 3Purple Mountain Laboratories,Nanjing 211111,China
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    Jie XU, Zheng-Bin XU, Jian GUO, Cheng QIAN, Di-Xian ZHAO. A broadband millimeter-wave sub-harmonic mixer using microstrip passive circuits[J]. Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 2021, 40(1): 33

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    Paper Information

    Category: Research Articles

    Received: Mar. 13, 2020

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Aug. 30, 2021

    The Author Email: Jie XU (xu_jie@seu.edu.cn), Cheng QIAN (cqian@seu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.11972/j.issn.1001-9014.2021.01.006

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