Differential signal source chips at 150 GHz and 220 GHz in SiGe bipolar technologies based on Gilbert-Cell frequency doublers

Proceedings of the IEEE Bipolar/BiCMOS Circuits and Technology Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  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

Frequency doubler; millimeter wave VCOs; MMICs; SiGe bipolar ICs; ultra wideband

Indexed keywords

3 DB BANDWIDTH; BIPOLAR TECHNOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL OUTPUT; DIFFERENTIAL SIGNAL SOURCE; FREQUENCY-DOUBLING; FUNDAMENTAL VCO; GILBERT CELLS; LABORATORY TECHNOLOGIES; MILLIMETER-WAVE VCOS; MMICS; OUTPUT POWER; OUTPUT STAGES; PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY; SIGE BIPOLAR; SIGE BIPOLAR TECHNOLOGY; SIGNAL SOURCE;

BROADBAND NETWORKS; FREQUENCY DOUBLERS; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; SILICON ALLOYS; ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84870655735     PISSN: 10889299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/BCTM.2012.6352640     Document Type: Conference Paper

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