Fundamental low phase noise InP-based DHBT VCO operating up to 89 GHz

Electronics Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 961-963

  Makon, R E ^a   Driad, R ^a   Schneider, K ^a   Massler H ^a   Aidam, R ^a   Quay, R ^a   Schlechtweg, M ^a   Weimann, G ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SOLID STATE PHYSICS IAF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

DHBT TECHNOLOGY; LOW PHASE NOISE; OFFSET FREQUENCY; SIGNAL POWER;

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

EID: 24344484361     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:20050986     Document Type: Article

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