SiGe HBTs and BiCMOS Technology for Present and Future Millimeter-Wave Systems

Si and SiGe Millimeter-Wave Integrated Circuits

Monolithic integrated millimeter-wave circuits based on silicon and SiGe are emerging as an attractive option in the field of millimeter-wave communications and millimeterwave sensorics. The combination of active devices with passive planar structures, including also antenna elements, allows single-chip realizations of complete millimeter-wave front-ends. This paper reviews the state-of-the-art...

A Millimeter-Wave (40–45 GHz) 16-Element Phased-Array Transmitter in 0.18- m SiGe BiCMOS Technology

This paper demonstrates a 16-element phased-array transmitter in a standard 0.18m SiGe BiCMOS technology for Q-band satellite applications. The transmitter array is based on the All-RF architecture with 4-bit RF phase shifters and a corporate-feed network. A 1:2 active divider and two 1:8 passive tee-junction dividers constitute the corporate-feed network, and three-dimensional shielded transmi...

SiGe BiCMOS Baseline Technology for More than Moore Functional Diversification

“More Than Moore” functional diversification by combining different technologies is enlarging the spectrum for embedded system applications. In this paper we focus on the monolithic integration approach of optical components into the front-endoff-line (FEOL) to combine electronics and photonics (Si Photonics), and of MEMS (microelectro-mechanical systems) into the back-end-offline (BEOL) of SiG...

Low-noise Circuitry for Extreme Environment Detection Systems Implemented in Sige Bicmos Technology

Analog Turbo Decoder Implemented in SiGe BiCMOS Technology

Error correcting decoder’s performance is crucial for communication systems. Since the performance of Turbo codes is close to the Shannon limit, ultra high-speed turbo decoder is desired. The aim of this design is to demonstrate the feasibility of implementing high-speed Turbo decoders in analog VLSI using SiGe BiCMOS technology. Detailed conceptual design is presented. Simulation results show ...