A 325 GHz frequency multiplier chain in a SiGe HBT technology

Digest of Papers - IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 91-94

  Öjefors, Erik ^a   Heinemann, Bernd ^b   Pfeiffer, Ullrich R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^b IHP   (Germany)

Author keywords

Frequency conversion; Heterojunction bipolar transistors; Millimeter wave integrated circuits; Power amplifiers; Silicon; Submillimeter wave generation

Indexed keywords

DOUBLERS; FREQUENCY CONVERSION; FREQUENCY CONVERSIONS; FREQUENCY MULTIPLIER; GHZ FREQUENCIES; INPUT SIGNAL; MILLIMETER-WAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; PEAK OUTPUT POWER; SIGE-HBT TECHNOLOGY; SINGLE-CHIP; SUBMILLIMETER WAVE GENERATION;

BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; DIGITAL INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; FREQUENCY MULTIPLYING CIRCUITS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; MILLIMETER WAVES; POWER AMPLIFIERS; RADIO; RADIO WAVES; SILICON ALLOYS; SUBMILLIMETER WAVES;

HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS;

EID: 77954461600     PISSN: 15292517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/RFIC.2010.5477301     Document Type: Conference Paper

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