A 160-GHz low-noise downconverter in a SiGe HBT technology

European Microwave Week 2010, EuMW2010: Connecting the World, Conference Proceedings - European Microwave Conference, EuMC 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 521-524

  Öjefors, Erik ^a   Pourchon, Franck ^b   Chevalier, Pascal ^b   Pfeiffer, Ullrich R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^b STMICROELECTRONICS   (France)

Author keywords

Heterojunction bipolar transistors; Millimeter wave receivers; MMIC frequency converters; Silicon

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION GAIN; DIE AREA; DOWN CONVERTERS; DOWNCONVERSION; FULLY DIFFERENTIAL; GILBERT CELL MIXERS; IMAGING ARRAYS; INPUT SIGNAL; LOW NOISE; MILLIMETER WAVE RECEIVERS; MMIC FREQUENCY CONVERTERS; OFF-CHIP; ON CHIPS; SIGE-HBT TECHNOLOGY; SYSTEM NOISE;

BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; FREQUENCY CONVERTERS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MICROWAVES; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; MILLIMETER WAVES; SILICON ALLOYS;

HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS;

EID: 78650066222     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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