A v-band fully-integrated CMOS distributed active transformer power amplifier for 802.15.TG3c wireless personal area network applications

2008 IEEE CSIC Symposium: GaAs ICs Celebrate 30 Years in Monterey, Technical Digest 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Jen, Yung Nien ^a   Tsai, Jeng Han ^b   Huang, Tian Wei ^a   Wang, Huei ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

CMOS; DAT; Fully integrated; Power amplifier; V band

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND AMPLIFIERS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; GALLIUM ALLOYS; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; PERSONAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; POWER AMPLIFIERS; RAILROAD TUNNELS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN); WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

APPLICATIONS.; CMOS; CMOS PA; CMOS TECHNOLOGIES; COMPACT CHIPS; DAT; DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE TRANSFORMERS; FULLY-INTEGRATED; OUTPUT POWERS; PERSONAL NETWORKS; SMALL SIGNAL GAINS; V-BAND; WIRELESS PERSONAL AREA NETWORKS;

WIRELESS NETWORKS;

EID: 57849128533     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CSICS.2008.31     Document Type: Conference Paper

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