Abstract | ||
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This paper discusses the design of 77-106 GHz Colpitts VCOs fabricated in two generations of SiGe BiCMOS technology, with MOS and HBT varactors, and with integrated inductors. Based on a study of the optimal biasing conditions for minimum phase noise, it is shown that VCOs can be used to monitor the mm-wave noise performance of SiGe HBTs. Measurements show a 106 GHz VCO operating from 2.5 V with p... |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2007 | 10.1109/JSSC.2007.900769 | IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
Silicon germanium,Germanium silicon alloys,BiCMOS integrated circuits,Phase noise,Voltage-controlled oscillators,Power generation,Heterojunction bipolar transistors,Varactors,Inductors,Condition monitoring | Colpitts oscillator,BiCMOS,Computer science,Cascode,Phase noise,W band,Electronic engineering,Voltage-controlled oscillator,Heterojunction bipolar transistor,MOSFET,Electrical engineering | Journal |
Volume | Issue | ISSN |
42 | 9 | 0018-9200 |
Citations | PageRank | References |
13 | 1.91 | 2 |
Authors | ||
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Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
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Sean T. Nicolson | 1 | 103 | 17.97 |
Kenneth H. K. Yau | 2 | 88 | 22.21 |
Pascal Chevalier | 3 | 52 | 10.92 |
Alain Chantre | 4 | 22 | 3.95 |
Bernard Sautreuil | 5 | 53 | 9.88 |
Keith W. Tang | 6 | 15 | 2.36 |
Sorin P. Voinigescu | 7 | 221 | 53.57 |