A 30 GHz active quasi-circulator with current-reuse technique in 0.18μm CMOS technology

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 693-695

  Chang, Chia Hao ^a   Lo, Yu Tsung ^b   Kiang, Jean Fu ^b  

^a Inventec Corporation   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Active circulator; circulator; CMOS; current reuse; monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC); quasi circulator

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE-CIRCULATOR; CIRCULATOR; CMOS; CURRENT REUSE; QUASI- CIRCULATOR;

BANDPASS FILTERS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MICROWAVE CIRCULATORS; MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 78650060174     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2010.2079321     Document Type: Article

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