Reduction of phase noise in linear HBT amplifiers using low-frequency active feedback

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1417-1421

  Ferre Pikal, Eva S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; FEEDBACK; FEEDBACK AMPLIFIERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE MODULATION; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

ACTIVE FEEDBACK; LOW FREQUENCY FEEDBACK; PHASE NOISE;

HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS;

EID: 4344622253     PISSN: 10577122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSI.2004.832736     Document Type: Article

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