AN ultra-wideband SiGe BiCMOS LNA for W-band applications

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1274-1278

  Öztürk, Efe ^a   Seyyedesfahlan, Mirmehdi ^a   Kaynak, Mehmet ^b   Tekin, Ibrahim ^a  

^a SABANCI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b IHP   (Germany)

Author keywords

automotive radar; imaging applications; SiGe BiCMOS 0.13 m; W band low noise amplifier

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE RADAR; BICMOS TECHNOLOGY; LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS; NOISE FIGURE; SI-GE ALLOYS; ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

1DB COMPRESSION POINT; COMMON EMITTER TOPOLOGY; IMAGING APPLICATIONS; SIGE BICMOS; SUPPLY VOLTAGES; W BANDS; WIDEBAND IMAGING; WIDEBAND LOW-NOISE AMPLIFIER;

BROADBAND AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 84925831819     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: 10982760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.29076     Document Type: Article

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