High-performance 60 GHz MMICs for wireless digital communication in 100 nm mHEMT technology

International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 107-113

  Lopez Diaz, Daniel ^a   Kallfass, Ingmar ^a,b   Tessmann, Axel ^a   Weber, Rainer ^a   Massler, Hermann ^a   Leuther, Arnulf ^a   Schlechtweg, Michael ^a   Ambacher, Oliver ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SOLID STATE PHYSICS IAF   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

60 GHz; Circuit design and applications; Low noise and communication receivers

Indexed keywords

60 GHZ; ANALOG FRONT-END; BUILDING BLOCKES; CIRCUIT DESIGNS; COMPLEMENTARY METAL-OXIDE-SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGIES; CONSUMER MARKET; CONVERSION GAIN; III-V COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR; INTEGRATED ANTENNAS; LOCAL OSCILLATORS; LOW COMPLEXITY; LOW NOISE; MEDIUM POWER AMPLIFIER; METAMORPHIC HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTORS; PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS; SATURATED OUTPUT POWER; SINGLE CHIPS; SINGLE-CHIP; SINGLE-CHIP TRANSCEIVERS; SUBHARMONICS; TRANSMITTER POWER; UP-CONVERTER; WIRELESS DATA COMMUNICATION; WIRELESS DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS;

ANTENNAS; COMMUNICATION; DIGITAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; ELECTRON MOBILITY; HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTORS; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE; INTEGRATION; LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; MOS DEVICES; NOISE FIGURE; POWER AMPLIFIERS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SINGLE ELECTRON TRANSISTORS; TECHNOLOGY; TRANSCEIVERS;

MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 79956087476     PISSN: 17590787     EISSN: 17590795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1759078711000109     Document Type: Article

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