A SiGe monolithically integrated 278 GHz push-push oscillator

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 333-336

  Wanner, Robert ^a   Lachner, Rudolf ^b   Olbrich, Gerhard R ^a   Russer, Peter ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIPOLAR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; CAPACITORS; MIM DEVICES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PASSIVE NETWORKS; RESISTORS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS;

BIPOLAR TECHNOLOGY; PASSIVE CIRCUITRY; TRANSIT FREQUENCIES;

MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS;

EID: 34748914327     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWSYM.2007.380420     Document Type: Conference Paper

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