Design and analysis of CMOS broad-band compact high-linearity modulators for gigabit microwave/millimeter-wave applications

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 20-30

  Chang, Hong Yeh ^a,b   Wu, Pei Si ^a,b   Huang, Tian Wei ^a,b   Wang, Huei ^a,b,d   Chang, Chung Long ^c,e   Chern, John G J ^c  

^a IEEE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY   (Taiwan)

^d Tau Beta Pi ^*  (United States)

^e Communication Technology Department ^*

Author keywords

Binary phase shift keying (BPSK); CMOS; Coupler; Millimeter wave (MMW); Quadrature amplitude modulator (QAM)

Indexed keywords

CHIP SIZE REDUCTION; DIGITAL MODULATION SIGNALS; MODULATION BANDWIDTH;

BANDWIDTH; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC CONNECTORS; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; MICROWAVES; MILLIMETER WAVES; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); PHASE MODULATION; PHASE SHIFT; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SILICA; THICK FILMS;

MODULATORS;

EID: 31044450424     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2005.860900     Document Type: Conference Paper

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