Current-folded up-conversion mixer and VCO with center-tapped inductor in a SiGe-HBT technology for 5-GHz wireless LAN applications

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1345-1352

  Grau, Günter ^a   Langmann, Ulrich ^a   Winkler, Wolfgang ^b   Knoll, Dieter ^b   Osten, Jörg ^b   Pressel, Klaus ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b IHP   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC INDUCTORS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; MIXER CIRCUITS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

CENTER TAPPED INDUCTORS; UP-CONVERSION MIXERS;

HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS;

EID: 0034271882     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/4.868046     Document Type: Article

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