150 Ghz complementary anti-parallel diode frequency tripler in 130 nm CMOS

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-45

  Shim, Dongha ^a   Mao, Chuying ^b   Sankaran, Swaminathan ^c   Kenneth, K O ^d  

^a J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

^b Integrated Device Technology   (United States)

^c TEXAS INSTRUMENTS   (United States)

^d The University of Texas at Dallas   (United States)

Author keywords

CMOS; complementary anti parallel diode pair; frequency tripler; Schottky barrier diode; sub terahertz

Indexed keywords

ANTI-PARALLEL DIODE PAIRS; ANTI-PARALLEL DIODES; CMOS; CONVERSION LOSS; MAXIMUM OUTPUT POWER; OUTPUT FREQUENCY; SCHOTTKY BARRIERS; SCHOTTKY DIODES; TERA HERTZ;

FREQUENCY TRIPLERS; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES;

DIODES;

EID: 78651307744     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2010.2087321     Document Type: Article

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