A 2 GHz oscillator based on a solidly mounted thin film bulk acoustic wave resonator

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1813-1816

  Norling, Martin ^a   Enlund, Johannes ^b   Gevorgian, Spartak ^a   Katardjiev, Ilia ^b  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acoustic resonator; Bipolar transistor oscillator; Thin film devices

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; CAPACITORS; MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; THIN FILM TRANSISTORS;

BIPOLAR TRANSISTOR OSCILLATORS; THIN FILM BULK ACOUSTIC WAVE RESONATORS; WIREBONDING;

ACOUSTIC RESONATORS;

EID: 34250344900     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWSYM.2006.249747     Document Type: Conference Paper

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