A 108-GHz InP-HBT Monolithic Push-Push VCO with Low Phase Noise and Wide Tuning Bandwidth

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1225-1232

  Kobayashi, Kevin W ^a   Oki, Aaron K ^a   Tran, Liem T ^a   Cowles, John C ^b   Gutierrez Aitken, Augusto ^a   Yamada, Frank ^a,c,d   Block, Thomas R ^a   Streit, Dwight C ^a  

^a NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^b ANALOG DEVICES INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT); InP; Monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC); Oscillator; Push push; Voltage controlled oscillator; W band

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000679024     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/4.782080     Document Type: Article

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