A 60-GHz superheterodyne downconversion mixer in Silicon-Germanium bipolar technology

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2065-2068

  Reynolds, Scott K ^a  

^a IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Millimeter wave frequency; Mixers; MMIC; Receivers; SiGe

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INDUCTANCE; MIM DEVICES; MIXER CIRCUITS; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MOSFET DEVICES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SILICON COMPOUNDS;

DOWNCONVERSION MIXERS; MILLIMETER-WAVE FREQUENCY; SUPERHETERODYNE RECEIVERS; WIRELESS PERSONAL AREA NETWORKS (WPAN);

MILLIMETER WAVES;

EID: 8344232358     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2004.835838     Document Type: Article

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