SiGe MMICs beyond 20 GHz on a Commercial Technology
C.N. Rheinfeldera, H. Kuhnertb, J.-F. Luya, W. Heinrichb, and A. Schüppenc
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IEEE MTT-S Int. Microwave Symp. Digest, vol. 2, pp. 727-730 (2000).
Abstract:
A comparison of 22 and 25 GHz MMIC SiGe-HBT oscillators on high- and low-resistivity silicon employing the commercial TEMIC process is presented. An output power of 11 dBm at 22 GHz, an efficiency of 24%, and, at 25 GHz, a phase noise of -93 dBc/Hz at 100 kHz off-carrier is measured.
a DaimlerChrysler Research Center Ulm, Germany
b Ferdinand-Braun-Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik, Albert-Einstein-Straße 11, 12489 Berlin, Germany
c Temic Semiconductors Heilbronn, Germany
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