A low-power linear SiGe BiCMOS low-noise amplifier for millimeter-wave active imaging

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 103-105

  Chen, Austin Ying Kuang ^a,b   Baeyens, Yves ^b   Chen, Young Kai ^b   Lin, Jenshan ^a,b  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Automotive radar; Low noise amplifier (LNA); Millimeter wave (mm wave); SiGe BiCMOS; W band

Indexed keywords

1DB COMPRESSION POINT; 3 DB BANDWIDTH; ACTIVE IMAGING; AUTOMOTIVE RADAR; DESIGN TECHNIQUE; HIGH LINEARITY; INPUT AND OUTPUTS; LOW NOISE AMPLIFIER MILLIMETER WAVES; LOW POWER; LOW-POWER CONSUMPTION; PEAK POWER; SIGE BICMOS; SIGE BICMOS TECHNOLOGY; TWO STAGE; WIDE-BAND;

AUDIO FREQUENCY AMPLIFIERS; BICMOS TECHNOLOGY; BROADBAND AMPLIFIERS; LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; MILLIMETER WAVES; RADAR; SILICON ALLOYS;

SEMICONDUCTING SILICON;

EID: 76749157923     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2009.2038528     Document Type: Article

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