A low-phase-noise monolithically integrated 60 GHz push-push VCO for 122 GHz applications in a SiGe bipolar technology

Proceedings of the IEEE Bipolar/BiCMOS Circuits and Technology Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 195-198

  Chakraborty, Abhiram ^a   Trotta, Saverio ^a   Weigel, Robert ^b  

^a INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

122 GHz; 60 GHz; bipolar; fundamental suppression; low phase noise; push push; SiGe; VCO

Indexed keywords

BIPOLAR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; PHASE NOISE; VARACTORS; VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

122 GHZ; 60 GHZ; BIPOLAR; FUNDAMENTAL SUPPRESSION; LOW PHASE NOISE; PUSH-PUSH; SIGE;

SI-GE ALLOYS;

EID: 84899876904     PISSN: 10889299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/BCTM.2013.6798174     Document Type: Conference Paper

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