A monolithically integrated 190-GHz SiGe push - Push oscillator

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 862-864

  Wanner, Robert ^a,b   Lachner, Rudolf ^a,c   Olbrich, Gerhard R ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT); Millimeter wave integrated circuits; Monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) oscillators; SiGe heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT)

Indexed keywords

MILLIMETER WAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT (MMIC) OSCILLATOR; SIGE (HBT);

ELECTRIC LINES; HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; MIM DEVICES;

OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC);

EID: 30344480204     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2005.859996     Document Type: Article

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