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A Highly Integrated HBT Down-converter MMIC Employing Optimally Designed Spiral Inductor Filters

In this article, a highly integrated down-converter monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC), employing heterojunction bipolar transistors (HBT), is described for application to a one-chip transceiver solution for a Ku-band commercial wireless co...
Ku-band down-converter MMICs and receiver chips have been reported in the literature. 1–3 However, for one-chip transceiver applications in Ku-band, the following problems should be solved: • Ku-band commercial down-converter MMICs have been fabricated using GaAs MESFETs and HEMTs 1–3 because they can be easily integrated on one chip...
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