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A 27–41 GHz frequency doubler with conversion gain of 12 dB and PAE of 16.9%

Li et al., 2012

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6591309464826031368
Author
Li J
Xiong Y
Goh W
Wu W
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IEEE microwave and wireless components letters

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A 27–41 GHz monolithic balanced frequency doubler fabricated using the 0.13 μ\rmm SiGe BiCMOS technology is presented in this letter. The balanced doubler consists of a balun, a driver amplifier (DA), a common-base (CB) doubling core and a medium power amplifier …
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