W-band active down-conversion mixer in bulk CMOS

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 98-100

  Zhang, Ning ^a   Xu, Haifeng ^b   Wu, Hsin Ta ^a   Kenneth, K O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b SILICON LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

CMOS; Down conversion mixer; Gilbert cell; Millimeter wave; W band

Indexed keywords

MILLIMETER WAVES; MIXER CIRCUITS; MIXERS (MACHINERY);

CMOS; DOWN-CONVERSION MIXER; GILBERT-CELL; MILLIMETER-WAVE; W-BAND;

LOSSES;

EID: 60549108810     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2008.2011331     Document Type: Article

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