MMICs in the millimeter-wave regime

IEEE Microwave Magazine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 99-117

  Wang, Huei ^a   Lin, Kun You ^a   Tsai, Zuo Min ^a   Lu, Liang Hung ^a   Lu, Hsin Chia ^a   Wang, Chi Hsueh ^a   Tsai, Jeng Han ^a   Huang, Tian Wei ^a   Lin, Yi Cheng ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE RADARS; BASE-BAND CIRCUITRIES; COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS; COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTORS; FUTURE TRENDS; GAAS; INP; MILLIMETER-WAVE; MILLIMETER-WAVE SYSTEMS; MIXED SIGNALS; MIXED-MODE CIRCUITS; OPTIMAL COMBINATIONS; POWER PERFORMANCE; RADIO FREQUENCIES; SILICON-BASED; SINGLE CHIPS; SYSTEM IN PACKAGES;

ANALOG CIRCUITS; ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; DIGITAL CIRCUITS; DIGITAL INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; DIGITAL RADIO; DIGITAL TO ANALOG CONVERSION; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; MICROWAVE CIRCUITS; MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MILLIMETER WAVES; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICON COMPOUNDS;

MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 59149099182     PISSN: 15273342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MMM.2008.930676     Document Type: Article

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