Low-noise, low-power monolithically integrated active 20 GHz mixer in SiGe technology

Electronics Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 36-37

  Hackl, S ^a,b   Meister, T F ^a   Wurzer, M ^a   Knapp, H ^a   Aufinger, K ^a   Treitinger, L ^a   Scholtz, A L ^b  

^a INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG   (Germany)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; BIPOLAR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

SILICON GERMANIDE;

MIXER CIRCUITS;

EID: 0035120933     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:20010034     Document Type: Article

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