100 GHz parametric CMOS frequency doubler

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 690-692

  Zhao, Zhixing ^a   Bousquet, Jean Franois ^a   Magierowski, Sebastian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

CMOS; frequency multiplier; millimeter wave; parametric circuit

Indexed keywords

100 GHZ; CIRCUIT LOSS; CMOS; CONVERSION LOSS; FREQUENCY MULTIPLIER; GATE LENGTH; MAXIMUM OUTPUT POWER; MOS VARACTOR; PARAMETRIC CIRCUIT;

FREQUENCY DOUBLERS; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; MILLIMETER WAVES; WAVE TRANSMISSION;

MULTIPLYING CIRCUITS;

EID: 78650049994     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2010.2079921     Document Type: Article

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