26-42 GHz SOI CMOS low noise amplifier

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 522-528

  Ellinger, Frank ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

CMOS; Low noise amplifier (LNA); Millimeter wave frequency; MMIC; Silicon on insulator (SOI)

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; IMPEDANCE MATCHING (ELECTRIC); MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; MILLIMETER WAVES; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY; STANDARDS;

LOCAL MULTIPOINT DISTRIBUTION SERVICE; LOW NOISE AMPLIFIER; RETURN LOSS;

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC);

EID: 1642365005     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2003.822895     Document Type: Article

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