{"title":"SiGe BiCMOS Technologies for Applications above 100 GHz","authors":"H. Rücker, B. Heinemann, A. Fox","doi":"10.1109/CSICS.2012.6340061","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes recent advances in SiGe HBT technology. Technological developments introduced for improved radio-frequency performance are discussed. HBT device characteristics are presented for a 0.13 μm SiGe BiCMOS technology with fT/fmax of 300/500 GHz and mini-mum CML ring oscillator gate delays of 2.0 ps. Sample circuit applications for operating frequencies above 100 GHz are discussed.","PeriodicalId":290079,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE Compound Semiconductor Integrated Circuit Symposium (CSICS)","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2012-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"10","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"2012 IEEE Compound Semiconductor Integrated Circuit Symposium (CSICS)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CSICS.2012.6340061","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
This paper describes recent advances in SiGe HBT technology. Technological developments introduced for improved radio-frequency performance are discussed. HBT device characteristics are presented for a 0.13 μm SiGe BiCMOS technology with fT/fmax of 300/500 GHz and mini-mum CML ring oscillator gate delays of 2.0 ps. Sample circuit applications for operating frequencies above 100 GHz are discussed.