A 240 GHz active balun using 0.13 μm CMOS process

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 164-166

  Huang, Bo Jiun ^a   Huang, Bo Jr ^a   Lin, Kun You ^a   Wang, Huei ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Active balun; Differential pair; Monolithic micro wave integrated circuit (MMIC)

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MICROWAVE CIRCUITS; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ACTIVE BALUN; ACTIVE BALUNS; AMPLITUDE IMBALANCES; CMOS PROCESS; CMOS TECHNOLOGIES; COMPENSATION TECHNIQUES; DIFFERENTIAL PAIR; LOW-POWER CONSUMPTION; MONOLITHIC MICRO WAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT (MMIC); OPERATION FREQUENCIES; PHASE DIFFERENCES; SMALL SIGNAL GAINS; TWO STAGES; WIDE BAND PERFORMANCE;

INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 62449157726     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2009.2013740     Document Type: Article

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