Integrated bandpass filter at 77 GHz in SiGe technology

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 346-348

  Dehlink, Bernhard ^a,b,c   Engl, Mario ^b   Aufinger, Klaus ^b   Knapp, Herbert ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Germany)

^b INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG   (Germany)

^c VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Automotive radar; Bandpass filters (BPFs); Broadband communication; Lumped element microwave circuits; Millimeter wave radar; Silicon germanium (SiGe)

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE RADAR; BROADBAND COMMUNICATION; CENTER FREQUENCY; INTEGRATED INDUCTORS; LUMPED ELEMENT MICROWAVE CIRCUITS; LUMPED ELEMENTS FILTER; PASSIVE BANDPASS FILTER; SILICON GERMANIUM (SIGE); SPIRAL INDUCTORS;

ELECTRIC INDUCTORS; MICROWAVE CIRCUITS; MILLIMETER WAVES; OPTICAL DEVICES; PASSIVE NETWORKS; RADAR; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS;

BANDPASS FILTERS;

EID: 34247624709     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2007.895701     Document Type: Article

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