Silicon bipolar LNAs in the X and Ku bands

Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing

Volumn 41, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 119-127

  Girlando, Giovanni ^a   Ragonese, Egidio ^b   Palmisano, Giuseppe ^b  

^a STMICROELECTRONICS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

LNAs; Noise and input impedance self matching trend; Spiral inductors; X and Ku bands

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTORS; KURCHATOVIUM; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; METAL INSULATOR BOUNDARIES; MICROELECTRONICS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TRANSCEIVERS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

KU BAND; LOW-NOISE AMPLIFIERS (LNA); NOISE AND INPUT IMPEDANCE SELF-MATCHING TREND; SPIRAL INDUCTORS; X BAND;

SILICON;

EID: 4544365906     PISSN: 09251030     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:ALOG.0000041629.52175.6a     Document Type: Article

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