A 60-GHz push-push inGaP HBT VCO with dynamic frequency divider

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 679-681

  Lee, Ockgoo ^a,b,c   Kim, Jeong Geun ^a,b   Lim, Kyutae ^a,c   Laskar, Joy ^a,c   Hong, Songcheol ^a,b  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology ^*

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Frequency divider; InGaP GaAs heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT); Phase locked loop (PLL); Voltage controlled oscillator (VCO)

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; PHASE LOCKED LOOPS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE;

FREQUENCY DIVIDERS; INGAP/GAAS HBT; PUSH-PUSH VCO; VOLTAGE-CONTROLLED OSCILLATORS (VOC);

OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC);

EID: 27144523242     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2005.856847     Document Type: Article

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