Compact SiGe HBT low noise amplifiers for 3.1-10.6 GHz ultraWideband applications

2006 Topical Meeting on Silicon Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF Systems - Digest of Papers

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 391-394

  Dederer, J ^a   Trasser, A ^a   Schumacher, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Low noise amplifier; SiGe HBT; Ultra wideband; UWB

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE MEASUREMENT; BANDWIDTH; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

BIAS CURRENT; GAIN VARIATIONS; LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS; ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB) APPLICATIONS;

AUDIO FREQUENCY AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 33847009090     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SMIC.2005.1588005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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