An 85-95.2 GHz transformer-based injection-locked frequency tripler in 65nm CMOS

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 776-779

  Chen, Zhirning ^a   Heydari, Payam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CMOS; Frequency generation; Frequency tripler; Injection locked; Millimeter wave; Transformer

Indexed keywords

CHIP AREAS; CMOS; CONVENTIONAL DESIGN; FREQUENCY GENERATION; FREQUENCY MULTIPLIER; HARMONIC SUPPRESSION; INJECTION LOCKED; INJECTION-LOCKING; INPUT POWER; INPUT SENSITIVITY; INPUT SIGNAL; LOCKING RANGE; NOISE DEGRADATIONS; ON-CHIP TRANSFORMER; OPERATION FREQUENCY; OUTPUT BUFFER; POWER CONSUMPTION; SECOND HARMONICS; STANDARD CMOS TECHNOLOGY; SUPPLY VOLTAGES; TRANSFORMER;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; MILLIMETER WAVES;

FREQUENCY TRIPLERS;

EID: 77957769738     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWSYM.2010.5516815     Document Type: Conference Paper

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