Evaluation of a multi-line de-embedding technique up to 110 GHz for millimeter-wave CMOS circuit design

IEICE Transactions on Fundamentals of Electronics, Communications and Computer Sciences

Volumn E93-A, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 431-439

  Li, Ning ^a   Matsushita, Kota ^a   Takayama, Naoki ^a   Ito, Shogo ^a   Okada, Kenichi ^a   Matsuzawa, Akira ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

60 GHz; Cmos amplifier; Deembedding; Millimeter wave; Transmission line

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC LINES; HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGN; MICROWAVE CIRCUITS; MILLIMETER WAVES; TIMING CIRCUITS;

60 GHZ; ACTIVE AND PASSIVE DEVICE; CMOS AMPLIFIERS; CMOS CIRCUIT DESIGN; DE-EMBEDDING; DE-EMBEDDING TECHNIQUES; MILLIMETER WAVE FREQUENCIES; OUTPUT COMPRESSIONS;

PRINTED CIRCUIT DESIGN;

EID: 77950837687     PISSN: 09168508     EISSN: 17451337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1587/transfun.E93.A.431     Document Type: Article

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