A SiGe micromixer for 2.4/5.2/5.7-GHz multiband WLAN applications

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 343-346

  Wang, C Y ^a   Lu, S S ^a   Meng, C C ^b   Lin, Y S ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHI NAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Multiband operation; SiGe micromixer; WLAN

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); ANTENNAS; BROADBAND NETWORKS; GAIN CONTROL; GERMANIUM COMPOUNDS; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

CIRCUIT DESIGNS; MULTIBAND OPERATION; SIGE MICROMIXER; WLAN;

SILICON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 2342501881     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.20136     Document Type: Article

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