An X-band SiGe LNA with 1.36 dB mean noise figure for monolithic phased array transmit/receive radar modules

Digest of Papers - IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 498-501

  Kuo, Wei Min Lance ^a   Liang, Qingqing ^b   Cressler, John D ^a   Mitchell, Mark A ^c  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b IBM MICROELECTRONICS   (United States)

^c GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT); Low noise amplifier (LNA); Noise figure (NF); Phased array; Silicon germanium (SiGe); Transmit receive (T R) module; X band

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; BANDWIDTH; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; GAIN CONTROL; HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; POWER AMPLIFIERS; RADAR TRANSMITTERS;

LOW-NOISE AMPLIFIER (LNA); NOISE FIGURE (NF); PHASED ARRAY; SILICON-GERMANIUM (SIGE); TRANSMIT/RECEIVE (T/R) MODULE; X-BAND;

SILICON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 33748360592     PISSN: 15292517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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