An 8.4-12.0 GHz down-conversion mixer implemented in SiGe HBT technology

2004 Topical Meeting on Silicon Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF Systems: Digest of Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 13-16

  Comeau, Jonathan P ^a   Cressler, John D ^a   Lee, Jongsoo ^a   Joseph, Alvin J ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b IBM MICROELECTRONICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSTS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

BASE-EMITTER JUNCTIONS; BUILDING BLOCKS; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATION; TOPOLOGICAL VARIATIONS;

SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 20344377605     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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