Broadband and low-loss 1:9 transmission-line transformer in 0.18-μm CMOS process

IEEE Electron Device Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 921-923

  Chiou, Hwann Kaeo ^a   Liao, Hsein Yuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Broadband impedance transformation; broadside coupled; CMOS; multiple metal stacked; power amplifier (PA); transmission line transformer (TLT)

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND IMPEDANCE; BROADSIDE-COUPLED; CMOS; MULTIPLE-METAL STACKED; TRANSMISSION-LINE TRANSFORMER (TLT);

BANDPASS FILTERS; BANDWIDTH; BROADBAND AMPLIFIERS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC LINES; POWER AMPLIFIERS; STANDARDS; WAVE TRANSMISSION;

TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY;

EID: 77956124074     PISSN: 07413106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LED.2010.2053693     Document Type: Article

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