A passive W-band imaging receiver in 65-nm bulk CMOS

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1981-1991

  Tomkins, Alexander ^a   Garcia, Patrice ^b   Voinigescu, Sorin P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b STMICROELECTRONICS   (France)

Author keywords

65 nm CMOS; Dicke radiometer; millimeter wave imager; W band

Indexed keywords

65-NM CMOS; BULK CMOS; CASCODE; CMOS PROCESSS; DICKE RADIOMETER; MILLIMETER-WAVE IMAGER; PASSIVE IMAGING; PEAK RESPONSIVITY; RESPONSIVITY; SQUARE LAW DETECTORS; STANDARD CMOS; W-BAND;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; MILLIMETER WAVES; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCHES;

METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 77957590310     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2010.2058150     Document Type: Conference Paper

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