Algorithmic design of CMOS LNAs and PAs for 60-GHz radio

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1044-1056

  Yao, Terry ^b,c   Gordon, Michael Q ^a,b,d   Tang, Keith K W ^b   Yau, Kenneth H K ^a,b   Yang, Ming Ta ^e   Schvan, Peter ^a,f   Voinigescu, Sorin P ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c M/A COM   (United States)

^d SiBEAM   (United States)

^e TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY   (Taiwan)

^f NORTEL NETWORKS   (Canada)

Author keywords

60 GHz; Characteristic current densities; CMOS millimeter wave integrated circuits; FMAX, fT; Inductors; Low noise amplifier (LNA); Millimeter wave; Noise figure; Power amplifier (PA); Receiver; Transformers; V band

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMIC DESIGN; CMOS MILLIMETER WAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; CMOS TECHNOLOGIES; V-BAND;

BANDWIDTH; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC INDUCTORS; ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS; MACHINE DESIGN; POWER AMPLIFIERS; RADIO RECEIVERS;

LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 34247326952     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2007.894325     Document Type: Conference Paper

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