A 90 GHz hybrid switching pulsed-transmitter for medical imaging

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2667-2681

  Arbabian, Amin ^a   Callender, Steven ^a   Kang, Shinwon ^a   Afshar, Bagher ^a   Chien, Jun Chau ^a   Niknejad, Ali M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

90 GHz transmitter; Antentronics; folded slot dipole; high resolution imaging; hybrid switching; medical imaging; millimeter wave transmitter; on chip antenna; pulsed transmitter; pulser; silicon based imager; ultra short pulse; wideband transmitter

Indexed keywords

90 GHZ TRANSMITTER; ANTENTRONICS; FOLDED SLOT; HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGING; HYBRID-SWITCHING; ON CHIP ANTENNA; PULSED TRANSMITTER; PULSER; SILICON-BASED IMAGER; WIDE-BAND TRANSMITTERS;

ANTENNA ARRAYS; MEDICAL IMAGING; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; MILLIMETER WAVES; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SLOT ANTENNAS; SWITCHING; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

TRANSMITTERS;

EID: 78650053640     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2010.2077150     Document Type: Conference Paper

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