A 305-330+ GHz 2:1 dynamic frequency divider using InP HBTs

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 468-470

  Seo, Munkyo ^a   Urteaga, Miguel ^a   Young, Adam ^a   Rodwell, Mark ^b  

^a TELEDYNE SCIENTIFIC COMPANY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic frequency dividers; InP heterojunction bipolar transistors (HBT); regenerative frequency dividers

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC FREQUENCY DIVIDER; FREQUENCY DIVIDERS; INP; INP HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; INP-HBT; ON-WAFER MEASUREMENTS; OUTPUT POWER; REGENERATIVE FREQUENCY DIVIDER;

BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; FREQUENCY DIVIDING CIRCUITS; HETEROJUNCTIONS;

HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS;

EID: 77955564183     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2010.2050871     Document Type: Article

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