A Ku-band two-antenna four-simultaneous beams SiGe BiCMOS phased array receiver

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 771-780

  Kang, Dong Woo ^a   Koh, Kwang Jin ^b   Rebeiz, Gabriel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Multibeam; Phase shifter; Phased array; SiGe BiCMOS

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE PHASE SHIFTER; ALL DIGITAL; APPLICATION AREA; DEFENSE SYSTEM; DUAL-POLARIZATION ANTENNAS; ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE PROTECTION; GAIN ERRORS; I/O PADS; INPUT SIGNAL; INPUT THIRD-ORDER INTERCEPT POINTS; INSTANTANEOUS BANDWIDTH; KU-BAND; MULTIBEAM; ON-CHIP ISOLATION; PHASE CHANGE; PHASED ARRAY RECEIVER; PHASED ARRAYS; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; SIGE BICMOS; SILICON CHIP; SUPPLY VOLTAGES; VARIABLE GAIN AMPLIFIERS; WORST CASE INPUTS;

ACOUSTIC ARRAYS; ANTENNAS; DIFFERENTIAL AMPLIFIERS; DIGITAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; ELECTROSTATIC DEVICES; PHASE SHIFT; PHASE SHIFTERS; POLARIZATION; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SILICON ALLOYS; VOLTAGE REGULATORS;

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS;

EID: 77951159574     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2010.2041586     Document Type: Article

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