A Q-band phased-array front-end with integrated Wilkinson couplers for linear power combining in SiGe BiCMOS

Proceedings of the IEEE Bipolar/BiCMOS Circuits and Technology Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 190-193

  Koh, Kwang Jin ^a   Rebeiz, Gabriel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

BiCMOS analog integrated circuit; Millimeter wave; Phase shifter; Phased array; Radar; SiGe BiCMOS; Wilkinson coupler

Indexed keywords

ANALOG CIRCUITS; BICMOS TECHNOLOGY; DIGITAL CIRCUITS; DIGITAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; INSTRUMENT SCALES; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; LINEAR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; MILLIMETER WAVES; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); PHASE SHIFT; PHASE SHIFTERS; RADAR; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SEMICONDUCTING GERMANIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SILICON ALLOYS;

ADDRESS DECODERS; AVERAGE POWERS; BICMOS ANALOG INTEGRATED CIRCUIT; CHIP SIZES; DIGITAL CONTROLS; FEED APPROACHES; GAIN ERRORS; PHASE STATES; PHASED ARRAY; POWER COMBINING; RECEIVER BASED; RMS PHASE; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; SIGE BICMOS; SUPPLY VOLTAGES; WILKINSON COMBINERS; WILKINSON COUPLER;

COUPLED CIRCUITS;

EID: 57949085567     PISSN: 10889299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/BIPOL.2008.4662741     Document Type: Conference Paper

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