Silicon-based ultra-wideband beam-forming

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1726-1738

  Roderick, Jonathan ^a,b,c   Krishnaswamy, Harish ^a,b   Newton, Kenneth ^d,e   Hashemi, Hussein ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

^c AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

BiCMOS integrated circuits; Delay circuits; Phased arrays; Radar; Wireless communications

Indexed keywords

BICMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; PHASED ARRAYS; VARIABLE-GAIN DISTRIBUTED AMPLIFIER; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS;

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; BANDWIDTH; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; FABRICATION; GAIN MEASUREMENT; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; SEMICONDUCTING BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 33746900114     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2006.877257     Document Type: Conference Paper

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