An ultra-wideband D-band signal source chip using a fundamental VCO with frequency doubler in a SiGe bipolar technology

Digest of Papers - IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 83-86

  Bredendiek, Christian ^a   Pohl, Nils ^a   Aufinger, Klaus ^b   Bilgic, Attila ^c  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG   (Germany)

^c KROHNE MESSTECHNIK GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

D Band; frequency doubler; millimeter wave VCOs; MMICs; SiGe bipolar ICs; ultra wideband

Indexed keywords

3 DB BANDWIDTH; D-BAND; FREQUENCY-DOUBLING; FUNDAMENTAL VCO; MILLIMETER-WAVE VCOS; MMICS; OUTPUT POWER; OUTPUT STAGES; PEAK OUTPUT POWER; PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY; SIGE BIPOLAR; SIGE BIPOLAR TECHNOLOGY; SIGNAL SOURCE; ULTRA-WIDEBAND SIGNAL; WIDE FREQUENCY RANGE;

DIGITAL INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; FREQUENCY DOUBLERS; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; PHASE NOISE; SILICON ALLOYS; VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

EID: 84866595964     PISSN: 15292517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/RFIC.2012.6242237     Document Type: Conference Paper

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