Low-noise, low-power wireless prontend MMICs using SiGe HBTs

IEICE Transactions on Electronics

Volumn E82-C, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1943-1950

  Schumacher, Hermann ^a   Erben, Uwe ^b   Durr, Wolfgang ^a,c   Schad, Kai Boris ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b Temic Semiconductor GmbH   (Germany)

^c SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^d CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electronic noise; Heterojunction bipolar transistors; Microwave circuits; Receivers; Silicon germanium; Wireless

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006425062     PISSN: 09168524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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