A miniature 25-GHz 9-dB CMOS cascaded single-stage distributed amplifier

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 554-556

  Tsai, Ming Da ^a   Deng, Kuo Liang ^a   Wang, Huei ^a   Chen, Chun Hung ^b   Chang, Chih Sheng ^b   Chem, John G J ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS); Distributed amplifier; Helical inductor; Microwave monolithic integrated circuit (MMIC)

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MOSFET DEVICES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; POWER AMPLIFIERS; WAVEGUIDES;

CASCADED SINGLE-STAGE DISTRIBUTED AMPLIFIER (CSSDA); DISTRIBUTED AMPLIFIERS; HELICAL INDUCTORS; RESONANCE FREQUENCY;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 10644250894     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2004.837387     Document Type: Article

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