A highly linear SiGe double-balanced mixer for 77 GHz automotive radar applications

Digest of Papers - IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 205-208

  Dehlink, B ^a,b   Wohlmuth, H D ^c   Forstner, H P ^b   Knapp, H ^b   Trotta, S ^a,b   Aufinger, K ^b   Meister, T F ^b   Bock J ^b   Scholtz, A L ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG   (Germany)

^c FREQUENTIS AG   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAIN MEASUREMENT; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; RADAR; SILICON WAFERS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

AUTOMOTIVE RADARS; BIPOLAR TECHNOLOGY; CONVERSION GAIN; SIDEBAND NOISE;

AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING;

EID: 33845895032     PISSN: 15292517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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