Circuit Design Department
IHP’s Circuit Design department conducts research and development for silicon-based microwave circuits at microwave frequencies up to 124 GHz.
Currently the main research topics are: RF components and transceivers for WLAN, circuits for automotive radar, low power UWB frontends, high-datarate A/D- and D/A converters, and power electronics (integrated power amplifiers, switches and power control circuits) based on integrated RF LDMOS and HBTs.
The activities of the department are closely coordinated with those of the system design department since RF circuits used to be integrated key elements of wireless systems.
Circuit Design activities started at the IHP in 1997. The department now employs 17 scientists, PhD students and postdocs.
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01-02-08
IHP presented fully integrated low-phase-noise 48 GHz frequency synthesizer at SiRF 2008 in Orlando, USA [more]
29-10-07
IHP presented fully integrated low-phase-noise 19 GHz frequency synthesizer at CSIC Symposium in Portland, USA[more]
26-06-07
IHP presented 60 GHz SiGe-BiCMOS Radio for OFDM Transmission at ISCAS 2007[more]
13-03-07
IHP achievements presented at workshop “SiGe C HBT: Device Technology and Applications” during European Microwave Week, Manchester, Sep. 2006. [more]
05-07-06
IHP receives Best Student Paper Award for 77 GHz Down-conversion Mixer in SiGe BiCMOS Technology at the IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium, San Francisco, June 11-16, 2006. [more]
04-05-06
IHP presents 60 GHz Transceiver in SiGe BiCMOS Technology on Wireless World Research Forum, Shanghai, April 2006. [more]
24-03-06
Three IHP contributions on integrated circuits at MTT Wireless Week, Long Beach, Jan. 2006. [more]
