A 12-GHz silicon bipolar dual-conversion receiver for digital satellite applications

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1278-1287

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STMICROELECTRONICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Direct broadcast satellites; Low noise amplifiers; Phase noise; Phase locked loops; Voltage controlled oscillators

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); COSTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HETERODYNING; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); PERMITTIVITY; PHASE LOCKED LOOPS;

DIRECT BROADCAST SATELLITES; LOW-NOISE AMPLIFIERS; PHASE NOISE; VOLTAGE-CONTROLLED OSCILLATORS;

COMMUNICATION SATELLITES;

EID: 20444491659     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2005.848028     Document Type: Article

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