A broadband mm-wave and terahertz traveling-wave frequency multiplier on CMOS

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2966-2976

  Momeni, Omeed ^a   Afshari, Ehsan ^a  

^a School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

CMOS; frequency doubler; frequency multiplier; harmonic generation; high power source; loss cancellation; millimeter wave; negative impedance; nonlinearity; standing wave; sub millimeter wave; Terahertz; traveling wave; wide bandwidth

Indexed keywords

CMOS; FREQUENCY MULTIPLIER; HIGH-POWER SOURCE; NON-LINEARITY; STANDING WAVE; SUBMILLIMETERS; TERA HERTZ; TRAVELING WAVE; WIDE BANDWIDTH;

BANDWIDTH; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; FREQUENCY DOUBLERS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; HARMONIC GENERATION; MILLIMETER WAVES; MULTIPLYING CIRCUITS;

TERAHERTZ WAVES;

EID: 82155185182     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2011.2162469     Document Type: Conference Paper

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