Development of multiband phase shifters in 180-nm RF CMOS technology with active loss compensation

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 40-45

  Lu, Chao ^a,b   Pham, Anh Vu H ^a,b,d,e   Livezey, Darrell ^c  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b University of California Davis   (United States)

^c Tahoe RF Semiconductor Inc   (United States)

^d CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CMOS analog integrated circuits (ICs); Distributed amplifiers; Phase shifters; Phased arrays

Indexed keywords

CHIP SIZE; INSERTION LOSS; MULTIBAND PHASE SHIFTERS; PHASE TUNING;

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC LOSSES; GAIN MEASUREMENT; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; TUNING;

PHASE SHIFTERS;

EID: 31044455851     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2005.860892     Document Type: Conference Paper

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