60-GHz SOI CMOS traveling-wave amplifier with NF below 3.8 dB from 0.1 to 40 GHz

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 553-558

  Ellinger, Frank ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

CMOS; Low noise amplifier; Millimeter wave frequency; MMIC; SOI; Traveling wave amplifier

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; CAPACITANCE; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC LOADS; INDUCTANCE; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MOSFET DEVICES; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; RESISTORS;

CMOS; LOW-NOISE AMPLIFIERS; MILLIMETER-WAVE FREQUENCY; SOI; TRAVELING-WAVE AMPLIFIERS;

BROADBAND AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 13444292295     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2004.840971     Document Type: Article

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