A 30 GHz variable gain amplifier with high output voltage swing for ultra-wideband radar

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 590-592

  Sewiolo, Benjamin ^a   Fischer, Georg ^a   Weigel, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amplifier; BiCMOS; Radar; SiGe; Ultra wideband (UWB)

Indexed keywords

1DB COMPRESSION POINT; AMPLIFIER; AMPLIFIER GAIN; BICMOS; DIFFERENTIAL GAIN; DIFFERENTIAL OUTPUT; EMITTER FOLLOWERS; FIGURE OF MERIT; FREQUENCY RANGES; FULLY DIFFERENTIAL; GAIN FLATNESS; HIGH OUTPUT VOLTAGE; INDUCTIVE PEAKING; SIGE; SIGE BICMOS TECHNOLOGY; SIMULATED RESPONSE; SUPPLY VOLTAGES; ULTRA WIDEBAND RADARS; VARIABLE GAIN; VARIABLE GAIN AMPLIFIERS;

BICMOS TECHNOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL AMPLIFIERS; RADAR SYSTEMS; SEMICONDUCTING GERMANIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SILICON ALLOYS; ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB); VOLTAGE REGULATORS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

BROADBAND AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 70249122669     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2009.2027094     Document Type: Article

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