Development of 60-GHz front-end circuits for a high-data-rate communication system

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1640-1649

  Zirath, Herbert ^a,b   Masuda, Toru ^c   Kozhuharov, Rumen ^a   Ferndahl, Mattias ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b Ericsson Microwave Systems AB   (Sweden)

^c HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

60 GHz communication; Monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC); PHEMT; Voltage controlled oscillator (VCO)

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND AMPLIFIERS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); PHASE LOCKED LOOPS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; THIN FILMS; VOLTAGE CONTROL;

60-GHZ COMMUNICATION; PHEMT; VOLTAGE CONTROLLED OSCILLATORS (VCO);

MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 5444265203     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2004.833568     Document Type: Conference Paper

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