A 20 dBm fully-integrated 60 GHz SiGe power amplifier with automatic level control

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1455-1463

  Pfeiffer, Ullrich R ^a,b   Goren, David ^a,c,d  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c IBM HAIFA RESEARCH LAB   (Israel)

^d TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

60 GHz; Automatic level control; Bipolar transistor; Built in self test; Closed loop power control; Mm wave; Power amplifier; Power detector; RMS power detector; Silicon germanium

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BIAS CONTROL; SERIAL DIGITAL INTERFACES; VOLTAGE STANDING WAVE RATIO (VSWR);

ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; STANDING WAVE METERS; VOLTAGE CONTROL;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 34347228081     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2007.899116     Document Type: Conference Paper

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