Silicon CMOS/SiGe transceiver circuits for THz applications

2012 IEEE 12th Topical Meeting on Silicon Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF Systems, SiRF 2012 - Digest of Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 159-162

  Pfeiffer, U R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

CMOS BiCMOS technology; receiver; SiGe technology; terahertz circuits; transmitter

Indexed keywords

CIRCUIT DESIGNS; CMOS TECHNOLOGY; EMERGING APPLICATIONS; FOCAL PLANES; INTEGRATED ANTENNAS; MONOLITHICALLY INTEGRATED; SIGE HBTS; SIGE TECHNOLOGY; SILICON CMOS; SUB-HARMONICALLY PUMPED; TERA HERTZ; TERAHERTZ FREQUENCIES; TRANSCEIVER CIRCUITS;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; PRINTED CIRCUIT DESIGN; RECEIVERS (CONTAINERS); SILICON ALLOYS; TRANSMITTERS;

INTEGRATED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE;

EID: 84858739636     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SiRF.2012.6160166     Document Type: Conference Paper

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