Low-noise ESD-protected 24 GHz receiver for radar applications in SiGe:C technology

ESSCIRC 2009 - Proceedings of the 35th European Solid-State Circuits Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 308-311

  Issakov, Vadim ^a   Knapp, Herbert ^b   Magrini, Filippo ^b   Thiede, Andreas ^a   Simbürger, Werner ^b   Maurer, Linus ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

^b INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG   (Germany)

^c DICE GmbH & Co KG   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1DB COMPRESSION POINT; AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS; CENTER FREQUENCY; CHIP AREAS; CONVERSION GAIN; FAILURE CURRENTS; FULLY DIFFERENTIAL; HIGH ROBUSTNESS; INFINEONS; KEY PARAMETERS; LOW NOISE; LOW-NOISE MIXER; ON CHIPS; PERFORMANCE VARIATIONS; POLY PHASE FILTERS; RADAR APPLICATIONS; SIGE TECHNOLOGY; TRANSMISSION LINE PULSE; VERY LOW NOISE;

AUDIO FREQUENCY AMPLIFIERS; BANDPASS FILTERS; ELECTROSTATIC DEVICES; LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS; SEMICONDUCTING GERMANIUM COMPOUNDS; SILICON ALLOYS;

ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE;

EID: 72849113428     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ESSCIRC.2009.5326009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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