Fully integrated SiGe VCOs with powerful output buffer for 77-GHz automotive radar systems and applications around 100 GHz

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1650-1658

  Li, Hao ^a   Rein, Hans Martin ^a   Suttorp, Thomas ^a   Böck, Josef ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Automotive radar; Millimeter wave VCOs; SiGe bipolar ICs; Voltage controlled oscillators

Indexed keywords

BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRENT DENSITY; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; THERMAL EFFECTS; VOLTAGE CONTROL;

AUTOMOTIVE RADAR; BIPOLAR ICS; MILLIMETER WAVE VCOS; SIGE; VOLTAGE-CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR (VCO);

RADAR;

EID: 5444245779     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2004.833552     Document Type: Conference Paper

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