InP HBT IC technology for terahertz frequencies: Fundamental oscillators Up to 0.57 THz

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2203-2214

  Seo, Munkyo ^a   Urteaga, Miguel ^a   Hacker, Jonathan ^a   Young, Adam ^a   Griffith, Zach ^a   Jain, Vibhor ^b   Pierson, Richard ^a   Rowell, Petra ^a   Skalare, Anders ^c   Peralta, Alejandro ^c   Lin, Robert ^c   Lin, David ^c   Pukala, David ^c   Rodwell, Mark ^b  

^a TELEDYNE SCIENTIFIC COMPANY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

InP HBT; millimeter wave oscillators; MMIC oscillators; terahertz; TMICs; voltage controlled oscillators

Indexed keywords

INP-HBT; MILLIMETER-WAVE OSCILLATORS; MMIC OSCILLATORS; TERA HERTZ; TMICS; VOLTAGE CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR;

DESIGN; FREQUENCY BANDS; HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); TECHNOLOGY; VOLTAGE DIVIDERS;

TERAHERTZ WAVES;

EID: 80053627397     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2011.2163213     Document Type: Conference Paper

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