SiGe BiCMOS technology for RF circuit applications

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1259-1270

  Racanelli, Marco ^a   Kempf, Paul ^a  

^a Jazz Semiconductor   (United States)

Author keywords

Process technology; RF circuits; SiGe BiCMOS; Wireless

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; ELECTRIC INDUCTORS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; MIM DEVICES; POWER AMPLIFIERS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; TRANSCEIVERS;

PROCESS TECHNOLOGY; RF CIRCUITS; SILICON GERMANIUM BICMOS TECHNOLOGY; WIRELESS TRANSCEIVER;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 23944525655     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TED.2005.850696     Document Type: Review

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