A fully differential 77-GHz active IQ modulator in a silicon-germanium technology

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 362-364

  Wagner, Christoph ^a,b   Hartmann, Marcus ^a,c   Stelzer, Andreas ^a,b   Jaeger, Herbert ^a,d  

^a IEEE

^b INSTITUTE FOR MICROELECTRONICS   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^d DICE GmbH & Co KG   (Austria)

Author keywords

77 GHz; Automotive radar; Beam steering; IQ modulator; Leakage cancellation

Indexed keywords

BUFFER AMPLIFIERS; LEAKAGE CURRENTS; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); SILICON WAFERS; TRANSIT TIME DEVICES;

AUTOMOTIVE RADAR; LEAKAGE CANCELLATION; TRANSIT FREQUENCY TECHNOLOGY;

MODULATORS;

EID: 44049088644     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2008.922133     Document Type: Article

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