Design of a 32.7-GHz Bandwidth AGC Amplifier IC with Wide Dynamic Range Implemented in SiGe HBT

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1290-1297

  Ohhata, Kenichi ^a   Masuda, Tonu ^a   Ohue, Eiji ^a   Washio, Katsuyoshi ^a  

^a HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Automatic gain control (AGC) amplifier; optical transmission system; SiGe heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT)

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008024793     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: 1558173X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/4.782090     Document Type: Article

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