High Volume, Low Cost, MMIC Receiver Front End

1 January 1986

conference paper
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Vol. 86, 57-59
https://doi.org/10.1109/mcs.1986.1114479

Abstract

Producing inexpensive MMIC receiver front ends in large quantities has focused attention on details of MMIC design and fabrication that are different from laboratory, or small volume production. This paper discusses design and testing tradeoffs and the performance of the resulting packaged MMIC.

Keywords

COSTS
MMICS
RADIOFREQUENCY AMPLIFIERS
PACKAGING
RADIO FREQUENCY
FETS
DIODES
COUPLING CIRCUITS
CIRCUIT TESTING
NOISE FIGURE

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