A 71-76 GHz CMOS variable gain amplifier using current steering technique

Digest of Papers - IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 609-612

  Kuo, Che Chung ^a   Tsai, Zuo Min ^a   Tsai, Jeng Han ^b   Wang, Huei ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS); Low noise amplifier (LNA); Millimeter wave (MMW); Thin film microstrip (TFMs)

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; DIGITAL INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); OPTICAL DESIGN; RADIO FREQUENCY AMPLIFIERS; RADIO WAVES; STEERING; VIDEO AMPLIFIERS; VOLTAGE REGULATORS;

CMOS RF; CMOS TECHNOLOGIES; COMPLEMENTARY METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR (CMOS); CURRENT-STEERING; HIGH LINEARITY; HIGH-DYNAMIC-RANGE; LOW NOISE AMPLIFIER (LNA); LOW-POWER CONSUMPTION; MAXIMUM GAIN; MILLIMETER-WAVE (MMW); OPERATION FREQUENCIES; OUTPUT SATURATION; RADIO FREQUENCY INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; THIN-FILM MICROSTRIP (TFMS); TOTAL CURRENT; VARIABLE GAIN; VARIABLE-GAIN AMPLIFIER;

DIFFERENTIAL AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 51849127439     PISSN: 15292517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/RFIC.2008.4561511     Document Type: Conference Paper

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