Integrated circuit technology options for RFIC's - Present status and future directions

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 387-399

  Larson, Lawrence E ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Hughes Aircraft Co   (United States)

^f HUGHES NETWORK SYSTEMS   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CMOS RF; Low noise amplifiers; Monolithic radio architectures; Radio receivers; Wireless communications

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTORS; MESFET DEVICES; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON;

LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS; RADIO FREQUENCY INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

TRANSCEIVERS;

EID: 0032025371     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/4.661204     Document Type: Article

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