Wide-tuning range si bipolar vco's based on three-dimensional mmic technology

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 45, Issue 12 PART 2, 1997, Pages 2436-2443

  Kamogawa, Kenji ^a  

^a NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Masterslice; Microwave bipolar transistor; MMIC; Oscillator; Three dimensional; VCO

Indexed keywords

BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES; SILICON WAFERS; TUNING; VARACTORS;

BIPOLAR JUNCTION TRANSISTORS (BJT); FREQUENCY TUNING;

VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

EID: 0031354188     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.643857     Document Type: Article

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