A SiGe MMIC 6-bit PIN diode phase shifter

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 500-501

  Teshiba, Mary ^a   Van Leeuwen, Robert ^a,b   Sakamoto, Glenn ^a   Cisco, Terry ^a  

^a RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

^b Altra Broadband Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC); Phase shifter; PIN diode; Silicon Germanium (SiGe)

Indexed keywords

BIPOLAR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; FREQUENCIES; INSERTION LOSSES; PHASE SHIFT; PHASE SHIFTERS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES; SUBSTRATES;

MICROWAVE FREQUENCIES; POLYMER DIELECTRIC INTERCONNECT; SILICON GERMANIUM; VOLTAGE STANDING WAVE RATIO;

MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 0036964690     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2002.805534     Document Type: Letter

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