A 52 GHz phased-array receiver front-end in 90 nm digital CMOS

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2651-2659

  Scheir, Karen ^a,b   Bronckers, Stephane ^a,b   Borremans, Jonathan ^a,b   Wambacq, Piet ^a,b   Rolain, Yves ^b  

^a IMEC   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

60 GHz; Calibration; CMOS; Mm wave; Phased array; QVCO; Tuning range; Variable gain

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; MILLIMETER WAVES; RADIO RECEIVERS; TUNING;

60 GHZ; CMOS; MM-WAVE; PHASED-ARRAY; QVCO; TUNING RANGE; VARIABLE GAIN;

DIGITAL CIRCUITS;

EID: 57849084075     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2008.2004861     Document Type: Conference Paper

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