Paths to terahertz CMOS integrated circuits

Proceedings of the Custom Integrated Circuits Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 657-664

  Shim, D ^a   Mao, C ^a   Han, R ^a   Sankaran, S ^b   Seok, E ^b   Cao, C ^c   Knap, W ^d   O, K K ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b TEXAS INSTRUMENTS   (United States)

^c ST Ericsson   (Canada)

^d UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

100 GHZ; CMOS CIRCUITS; FUNDAMENTAL MODES; PUSH-PUSH VCO; SCHOTTKY DIODES; TERA HERTZ;

INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; PLASMA WAVES; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 74049145712     PISSN: 08865930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CICC.2009.5280752     Document Type: Conference Paper

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