A 90 nm CMOS V-band low-noise active balun with broadband phase-correction technique

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2583-2591

  Chiang, Hsi Han ^a   Huang, Fu Chien ^a   Wang, Chao Shiun ^a   Wang, Chorng Kuang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Active balun; broadband correction; gain error; low noise amplifier; millimeter wave (MMW); phase correction; phase error

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE BALUNS; BROADBAND CORRECTION; GAIN ERRORS; MILLIMETER-WAVE (MMW); PHASE CORRECTIONS; PHASE ERROR;

MILLIMETER WAVES;

LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 80255123831     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2011.2164135     Document Type: Conference Paper

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