Terahertz CMOS frequency generator using linear superposition technique

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2730-2738

  Huang, Daquan ^a   Larocca, Tim R ^a   Chang, Mau Chung Frank ^a   Samoska, Lorene ^b   Fung, Andy ^b   Campbell, Richard L ^c   Andrews, Michael ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Cascade Microtech Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

CMOS Terahertz generator; DAC to RF conversion efficiency; Fundamental to fourth harmonic signal conversion ratio; Linear superposition (LS) circuit technique; Phase noise of terahertz CMOS signal generation; Terahertz signal generation

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DIGITAL INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; FREQUENCY ALLOCATION; PHASE NOISE; POWER AMPLIFIERS; SIGNAL ANALYSIS; SIGNAL GENERATORS; VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

CMOS TERAHERTZ GENERATOR; DAC-TO-RF CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; FUNDAMENTAL-TO-FOURTH HARMONIC SIGNAL CONVERSION RATIO; LINEAR SUPERPOSITION (LS) CIRCUIT TECHNIQUE; TERAHERTZ SIGNAL GENERATION;

HARMONIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 57849084508     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2008.2004868     Document Type: Conference Paper

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