A 60-GHz band 2 × 2 phased-array transmitter in 65-nm CMOS

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2682-2695

  Chan, Wei L ^a,b   Long, John R ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b BROADCOM CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Active inductor; carrier feedthrough; CMOS; frequency multiplier; I Q generator; low voltage; millimeter wave; phase shifter; phased array; power amplifier; sideband suppression; transformer coupling; transmitter; tripler

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE INDUCTORS; CARRIER FEEDTHROUGH; CMOS; FREQUENCY MULTIPLIER; I/Q GENERATOR; LOW VOLTAGES; PHASED ARRAYS; SIDEBAND SUPPRESSION; TRANSFORMER COUPLING; TRIPLER;

FREQUENCY MULTIPLYING CIRCUITS; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; MILLIMETER WAVES; MULTIPLYING CIRCUITS; PHASE NOISE; PHASE SHIFT; PHASE SHIFTERS; POWER AMPLIFIERS; POWER INDUCTORS;

TRANSMITTERS;

EID: 78650069290     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2010.2077170     Document Type: Conference Paper

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