A 60 GHz wideband quadrature-balanced mixer based on 0.13 μm RFCMOS technology

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 215-217

  Kim, Dong Hyun ^a   Kim, Sung Jin ^a   Rieh, Jae Sung ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

90 hybrid coupler; Bandwidth enhancement; wideband mixer

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FEEDBACK; BANDWIDTH ENHANCEMENT; CONVERSION GAIN; DOWNCONVERSION MIXER; HYBRID COUPLER; LO FREQUENCY; PEAK GAIN; QUADRATURE-BALANCED MIXER; RF BANDWIDTHS; RF-CMOS; WIDE-BAND;

BANDWIDTH; ELECTRIC CONNECTORS; MIXER CIRCUITS; MIXING; RADIO RECEIVERS; WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS;

MIXERS (MACHINERY);

EID: 79954606106     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2011.2112340     Document Type: Article

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