@article {7469807, title = {A 12 GHz 22 dB-Gain-Control SiGe Bipolar VGA With 2{\textdegree} Phase-Shift Variation}, journal = {IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits}, volume = {51}, number = {7}, year = {2016}, month = {July}, pages = {1525-1536}, keywords = {Antenna radiation patterns, Array signal processing, compensation circuitry, frequency 12 GHz, Gain, gain 22 dB, gain control, gain-control bipolar VGA, Ge-Si alloys, input-output phase shift sensitivity to gain variations, linear-in-dB gain control feature, Linear-in-decibel (linear-in-dB) gain control, linear-in-decibel gain control, microwave amplifiers, noise figure 5.1 dB, phase-shift compensation, phased array, phased array system, Phased arrays, power 83 mW, semiconductor materials, SiGe, SiGe bipolar technology, signal phase-amplitude control, Silicon germanium, ultra-low sidelobe phased arrays, variable gain amplifier, variable gain amplifier (VGA)}, issn = {0018-9200}, doi = {10.1109/JSSC.2016.2551749}, author = {Padovan, F. and Tiebout, M. and Neviani, A. and Bevilacqua, A.} }