Microwave monolithic integrated circuit-related metrology at the National Institute of Standards and Technology

How the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) interacts with the GaAs community and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) microwave monolithic integrated circuit (MIMIC) initiative is described. The organization of a joint industry and government laboratory consortium for MIMIC-related metrology research is described along with some of the initial technical developments at NIST done in support of the consortium.<
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