Low power wideband receiver and transmitter chipset for mm-wave imaging in SiGe bipolar technology

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1175-1184

  Tiebout, Marc ^a   Wohlmuth, Hans Dieter ^a   Knapp, Herbert ^a   Salerno, Raffaele ^a   Druml, Michael ^a   Rest, Mirjana ^a   Kaeferboeck, Johann ^b   Wuertele, Johann ^b   Ahmed, Sherif Sayed ^c   Schiessl, Andreas ^c   Juenemann, Ralf ^c   Zielska, Anna ^c  

^a INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA AG   (Austria)

^b INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG   (Germany)

^c ROHDE AND SCHWARZ GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Active; bipolar; imaging; mm Wave; receiver; RFIC; SiGe; transmitter

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE; BIPOLAR; MM-WAVE; RFIC; SIGE;

IMAGE RESOLUTION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MILLIMETER WAVES; RECEIVERS (CONTAINERS); SILICON ALLOYS;

TRANSMITTERS;

EID: 84860455845     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2012.2185570     Document Type: Conference Paper

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