The design of low LO-power 60-GHz CMOS quadrature-balanced self-switching current-mode mixer

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 692-694

  Shahroury, Fadi Riad ^a   Wu, Chung Yu ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS); Quadrature balanced mixer; V band

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CONNECTORS; MIXING; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

1-DB COMPRESSION POINTS; BRANCH-LINE HYBRID COUPLERS; CMOS TECHNOLOGIES; COMPLEMENTARY; COMPLEMENTARY METAL-OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR (CMOS); CONVERSION GAINS; INTERMEDIATE FREQUENCY SIGNALS; LOW LO-POWER; OSCILLATOR POWERS; OXIDE SEMICONDUCTORS; QUADRATURE-BALANCED MIXER; RF ISOLATIONS; RF SIGNALS; SUPPLY VOLTAGES; SWITCHING CURRENTS; V-BAND;

MIXERS (MACHINERY);

EID: 54049140436     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2008.2003474     Document Type: Article

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