An integrated 19-GHz low-phase-noise frequency synthesizer in SiGe BiCMOS technology

Technical Digest - IEEE Compound Semiconductor Integrated Circuit Symposium, CSIC

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 162-165

  Osmany, Sabbir A ^a   Herzel, Frank ^a   Scheytt, J Christoph ^a   Schmalz, Klaus ^a   Winkler, Wolfgang ^a  

^a IHP   (Germany)

Author keywords

24 GHz; BiCMOS; Phase noise; Phase locked loop; SiGe; Wireless LAN

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FREQUENCY SYNTHESIZERS; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; OPTICAL DESIGN; SEMICONDUCTING GERMANIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SIGNAL GENERATORS; SILICON ALLOYS; TELECOMMUNICATION;

CHIP AREAS; COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR (CS); FULLY INTEGRATED; LOW-PHASE-NOISE; PHASE LOCKED LOOP (PLL); SIGE BICMOS TECHNOLOGY; TUNING RANGE (TR);

BICMOS TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 47349118916     PISSN: 15508781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CSICS07.2007.44     Document Type: Conference Paper

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