Intra-chip wireless interconnect for clock distribution implemented with integrated antennas, receivers, and transmitters

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 543-552

  Floyd, Brian A ^a,b   Hung, Chih Ming ^a,c   O, Kenneth K ^a,d  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c TEXAS INSTRUMENTS   (United States)

^d J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

15 GHz; Clock distribution; Frequency divider; Injection locking; Integrated antenna; Low noise amplifier (LNA); On chip antenna; RF CMOS; Voltage controlled oscillator (VCO); Wireless clock distribution; Wireless interconnect; Zigzag antenna

Indexed keywords

CLOCK DISTRIBUTION; LOW NOISE AMPLIFIER; WIRELESS INTERCONNECT SYSTEM; ZIGZAG ANTENNA;

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); ANTENNAS; BUFFER CIRCUITS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; FREQUENCY DIVIDING CIRCUITS; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT TESTING; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; TIMING CIRCUITS; TRANSMITTERS; VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0036565392     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/4.997846     Document Type: Article

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