A 160-GHz low-noise downconversion receiver front-end in a SiGe HBT technology

International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 347-353

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^b STMICROELECTRONICS   (France)

Author keywords

Communication Receivers; IC Technologies; Low Noise; Si based Devices

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION APPLICATION; COMMUNICATION RECEIVERS; COMPRESSION POINTS; CONVERSION GAIN; DIE AREA; DOWNCONVERSION; FULLY DIFFERENTIAL; GILBERT CELL MIXERS; IC TECHNOLOGIES; INPUT SIGNAL; INTERMEDIATE FREQUENCIES; LOW NOISE; MILLIMETER-WAVE IMAGING; OFF-CHIP; ON CHIPS; RECEIVER FRONT-ENDS; SI-BASED DEVICES; SIGE-HBT TECHNOLOGY; SYSTEM NOISE;

ANTENNAS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS; SILICON ALLOYS;

HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS;

EID: 79960136502     PISSN: 17590787     EISSN: 17590795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1759078711000201     Document Type: Conference Paper

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