Scalable transmission line and inductor models for CMOS millimeter-wave design

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2954-2962

  Brinkhoff, James ^a   Koh, Kok Siang Steve ^a   Kang, Kai ^a   Lin, Fujiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS   (Singapore)

Author keywords

CMOS millimeter wave integrated circuits; Deembedding; Inductors; Integrated circuit modeling; Monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMICs); Scalable models; Transmission lines

Indexed keywords

CMOS MILLIMETER-WAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; DEEMBEDDING; INDUCTORS; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT MODELING; SCALABLE MODELS; TRANSMISSION LINES;

BANDPASS FILTERS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC LINES; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MICROWAVE CIRCUITS; MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MICROWAVES; MILLIMETER WAVES; MODEL STRUCTURES; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); POWER TRANSMISSION; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICON WAFERS; TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY;

MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 57849143299     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2008.2007337     Document Type: Conference Paper

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