Complementary antiparallel Schottky barrier diode pair in a 0.13-μ logic CMOS technology

IEEE Electron Device Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 606-608

  Shim, Dongha ^a   Sankaran, Swaminathan ^a   O, Kenneth K ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

CMOS; Complementary antiparallel diode pair C APDP); Cutoff frequency; Harmonic power; Millimeter wave; Schottky barrier diode (SBD)

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; CUTOFF FREQUENCY; EXTRAPOLATION; MILLIMETER WAVES; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; SUBMILLIMETER WAVES;

HARMONIC POWER;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 44849143202     PISSN: 07413106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LED.2008.922981     Document Type: Article

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