A compact 35-65 GHz up-conversion mixer with integrated broadband transformers in 0.18-μm SiGe BiCMOS technology

Digest of Papers - IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 213-216

  Huang, Ping Chen ^a   Liu, Ren Chieh ^a   Tsai, Jeng Han ^a   Chang, Hong Yeh ^a   Wang, Huei ^a   Yeh, John ^b   Lee, Chwan Ying ^b   Chern, John ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

HBT; Millimeter wave (MMW); Mixer; SiGe; Transformer; Up converter

Indexed keywords

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; BROADBAND NETWORKS; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; MILLIMETER WAVES; SILICON WAFERS; THIN FILM CIRCUITS;

CONVERSION LOSS; CONVERT MIXER; INTEGRATED BROADBAND TRANSFORMERS; THIN FILM MICROSTRIP;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 33845891665     PISSN: 15292517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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