Fully integrated 60-GHz single-ended resistive mixer in 90-nm CMOS technology

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-27

  Motlagh, Bahar M ^a,b   Gunnarsson, Sten E ^a,b   Ferndahl, Mattias ^a,b   Zirath, Herbert ^a,b,c  

^a IEEE   (Sweden)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c Ericsson Microwave Systems AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

60 GHz; 90 nm; CMOS; Millimeter wave; Monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC); Resistive mixer; Selective drain bias; V band

Indexed keywords

60 GHZ; 90 NM; CMOS; RESISTIVE MIXERS; SELECTIVE DRAIN BIAS; V BAND;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; MILLIMETER WAVES; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; POWER ELECTRONICS;

MIXER CIRCUITS;

EID: 30344480834     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2005.861354     Document Type: Article

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