W-band frequency synthesis using a Ka-band PLL and two different frequency triplers

Digest of Papers - IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Chen, Zhiming ^a   Wang, Chun Cheng ^a   Heydari, Payam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Frequency generation; frequency tripler; harmonics; injection locked; PLL; SiGe; W band

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY GENERATION; HARMONICS; INJECTION LOCKED; SIGE; W-BAND;

DIGITAL INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; FREQUENCY TRIPLERS; RADIO; RADIO WAVES; SILICON ALLOYS;

SEMICONDUCTING SILICON;

EID: 79960766546     PISSN: 15292517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/RFIC.2011.5940607     Document Type: Conference Paper

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