A silicon integrated microwave vector network analyzer for biomedical sensor read-out applications

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages

  Nehring, J ^b   Nasr, I ^a   Borutta, K ^b   Weigel, R ^b   Kissinger, D ^b  

^a INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSENSORS; DESIGN FOR TESTABILITY; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYZERS;

BIOMEDICAL SENSORS; COMPLEX REFLECTION COEFFICIENT; CROSS-COUPLED OSCILLATORS; DEVICE UNDER TEST; DOWNCONVERSION MIXER; REFERENCE OSCILLATORS; SILICON-GERMANIUM TECHNOLOGY; VECTOR NETWORK ANALYZERS;

REFLECTOMETERS;

EID: 84905037584     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWSYM.2014.6848254     Document Type: Conference Paper

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