Low power consumption and low phase noise 2.4GHz VCO using SiGe HBT for WLL application

Electronics Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1089-1090

  Cho, D H ^a   Ryum, B R ^a   Han, T H ^a   Lee, S M ^a   Yeom, K W ^b   Shin, S C ^c  

^a Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)   (South Korea)

^b Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^c Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Heterojunction bipolar transistors; Silicongermanium; Voltage controlled oscillators

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; ELECTRIC INDUCTORS; HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; MICROSTRIP LINES; RESONATORS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; VARACTORS;

PHASE NOISE; WIRELESS LOCAL LOOP (WLL);

VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

EID: 0031554341     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19970731     Document Type: Article

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