SiGe transformer matched power amplifier for operation at millimeter-wave frequencies

Proceedings of ESSCIRC 2005: 31st European Solid-State Circuits Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 141-144

  Pfeiffer, Ullrich R ^a   Goren, David ^b   Floyd, Brian A ^a   Reynolds, Scott K ^a  

^a IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b IBM HAIFA RESEARCH LAB   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC SHIELDING; ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS; FREQUENCIES; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT; SILICON COMPOUNDS;

POWER COMPRESSION; SIGE TRANSFORMER; STACKED TRANSFORMERS; WAVE FREQUENCIES;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 33749172828     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ESSCIR.2005.1541579     Document Type: Conference Paper

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