SiGe radio frequency ICs for low-power portable communication

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 93, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1598-1623

  Long, John R ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coplanar waveguide; Injection locking; Integrated circuits (ICs); Low noise amplifier (LNA); Microstrip; Millimeter wave; Mixer; Monolithic inductor; Radio frequency; Slow wave; Transformer; Transmission line; Voltage controlled oscillator (VCO)

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC INDUCTORS; ELECTRIC LINES; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MILLIMETER WAVES; WAVEGUIDES; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

INJECTION LOCKING; LOW-NOISE AMPLIFIERS; MIXER; RADIO FREQUENCIES;

SEMICONDUCTING SILICON;

EID: 24944509528     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPROC.2005.852227     Document Type: Conference Paper

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