A 122-GHz SiGe-based signal-generation chip employing a fundamental-wave oscillator with capacitive feedback frequency-enhancement

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2009-2020

  Jahn, Martin ^a   Knapp, Herbert ^b   Stelzer, Andreas ^a  

^a JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^b INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Heterojunction bipolar transistors (HBTs); millimeter wave circuits; MIMICs; regenerative frequency divider; SiGe bipolar ICs; voltage controlled oscillators

Indexed keywords

MILLIMETER WAVE CIRCUITS; MIMICS; REGENERATIVE FREQUENCY DIVIDER; SIGE BIPOLAR; VOLTAGE CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR;

FREQUENCY DIVIDING CIRCUITS; HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; RADAR SYSTEMS; SIGNAL GENERATORS; SILICON ALLOYS; TUNING; VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS; VOLTAGE DIVIDERS;

MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS;

EID: 80052039001     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2011.2145310     Document Type: Article

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