An 18-Gb/s, direct QPSK modulation SiGe BiCMOS transceiver for last mile links in the 7080 GHz band

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1968-1980

  Sarkas, Ioannis ^a   Nicolson, Sean T ^c   Tomkins, Alexander ^a   Laskin, Ekaterina ^a   Chevalier, Pascal ^b   Sautreuil, Bernard ^b   Voinigescu, Sorin P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b STMICROELECTRONICS   (France)

^c MEDIATEK INC   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

90 degree hybrid; direct modulation; IQ receiver; mm wave transceiver; QPSK modulator; SiGe BiCMOS; W band; wireless communications

Indexed keywords

90-DEGREE HYBRID; DIRECT MODULATION; IQ RECEIVER; MM-WAVE TRANSCEIVERS; QPSK MODULATORS; SIGE BICMOS; W-BAND; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS;

BICMOS TECHNOLOGY; DC POWER TRANSMISSION; MILLIMETER WAVES; MODULATION; MODULATORS; SILICON ALLOYS; TRANSCEIVERS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

SEMICONDUCTING SILICON;

EID: 77957586254     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2010.2058011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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