A 50 to 70 GHz power amplifier using 90 nm CMOS technology

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-47

  Kuo, Jing Lin ^a   Tsai, Zuo Min ^a   Lin, Kun You ^a   Wang, Huei ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

60 GHz; Broadband; CMOS; Microwave monolithic integrated circuit (MMIC); Power amplifier (PA); V band

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDES; HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MICROWAVE CIRCUITS; MICROWAVES; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; POWER AMPLIFIERS; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

60 GHZ; BROADBAND; CMOS; MICROWAVE MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT (MMIC); V-BAND;

BROADBAND AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 58149512843     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2008.2008603     Document Type: Article

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