InP DHBT based IC technology for over 80 Gbit/s data communications

IEICE Transactions on Electronics

Volumn E89-C, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 931-936

  Driad, Rachid ^a   Makon, Robert E ^a   Schneider, Karl ^a   Nowotny, Ulrich ^a   Aidam, Rolf ^a   Quay, Rüdiger ^a   Schlechtweg, Michael ^a   Mikulla, Michael ^a   Weimann, Günter ^a  

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

Author keywords

Amplifier; Double heterojunction bipolar transistor (DHBT); InP; Integrated circuits (ICs); Multiplexer (MUX); Voltage controlled oscillator (VCO)

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; FIBER OPTICS; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MULTIPLEXING EQUIPMENT; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM PHOSPHIDE; VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

DISTRIBUTED AMPLIFIERS (DA); DOUBLE HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTOR (DHBT); MIXED SIGNAL INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MULTIPLEXERS (MUX);

HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS;

EID: 33747876035     PISSN: 09168524     EISSN: 17451353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ietele/e89-c.7.931     Document Type: Conference Paper

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