Si and sige millimeter-wave integrated circuits

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 46, Issue 5 PART 2, 1998, Pages 590-603

  Russer, Peter ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Millimeter wave 1c; Silicon based rf circuits

Indexed keywords

MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; PASSIVE NETWORKS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES;

SILICON BASED RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) CIRCUITS; SILICON/SILICON GERMANIUM MILLIMETER WAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 0032069709     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.668668     Document Type: Article

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