2006 · 26 citations · 0 references
EngineeringElectrical EngineeringMicroelectronicsMicrowave EngineeringSemiconductor DevicesComplementary Metal-oxide-semiconductor TechnologyHigh-frequency Semiconductor DevicesIntegrated Circuit DesignMicrowave Integrated CircuitsMicrowave Semiconductor DevicesRadio-frequency Integrated CircuitsBicmos TechnologyMicrowave TransistorsMillimeter-wave Integrated CircuitsMillimeter-wave TransistorsSige Bicmos DesignVaractor Diodes
The paper presents a 0.13 mum SiGe BiCMOS technology for millimeter wave applications. This technology features a high performance HBT (f <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">T</sub> = 300 GHz /f <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">max</sub> = 330 GHz) along with various newly developed millimeter wave features, such varactor, Schottky and p-i-n diodes and other back end of line passives