A two-channel 820-GHz SiGe BiCMOS receiver with selectable IFs for multibeam phased-array digital beamforming applications

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 716-726

  Atesal, Yusuf A ^a   Cetinoneri, Berke ^a   Ho, Kevin M ^a   Rebeiz, Gabriel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital beam forming; direct conversion; phased arrays; satellite receivers; SiGe BiCMOS

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL BEAM FORMING; DIRECT CONVERSION; PHASED ARRAYS; SATELLITE RECEIVERS; SIGE BICMOS;

BICMOS TECHNOLOGY; DC POWER TRANSMISSION; ELECTROSTATIC DEVICES; INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSION; QUADRATURE AMPLITUDE MODULATION; QUADRATURE PHASE SHIFT KEYING; SATELLITES; SILICON ALLOYS;

SEMICONDUCTING SILICON;

EID: 79952816341     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2010.2099664     Document Type: Article

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