A monolithic 12-GHz heterodyne receiver for DVB-S applications in silicon bipolar technology

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 53, Issue 3 I, 2005, Pages 952-959

  Girlando, Giovanni ^a   Smerzi, Santo A ^a   Copani, Tino ^b   Palmisano, Giuseppe ^b  

^a STMICROELECTRONICS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Direct broadcast satellites; Low noise amplifier; Microwave bipolar integrated circuits (ICs); Mixers; Phase noise; Phase locked loops (PLLs); Receivers

Indexed keywords

BROADCASTING; DEMODULATION; HIGH DEFINITION TELEVISION; HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTORS; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; PHASE LOCKED LOOPS; TOPOLOGY;

DIRECT BROADCAST SATELLITES; LOW-NOISE AMPLIFIER; MICROWAVE BIPOLAR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS (IC); MIXERS; PHASE NOISE;

RADIO RECEIVERS;

EID: 15844379192     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2004.842484     Document Type: Article

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