CMOS THz generator with frequency selective negative resistance tank

IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 193-202

  Gu, Qun Jane ^a   Xu, Zhiwei ^b   Jian, Heng Yu ^c   Pan, Bo ^d   Xu, Xiaojing ^d   Chang, Mau Chung Frank ^c   Liu, Wei ^c   Fetterman, Harold ^c  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b Hughes Aircraft Co   (United States)

^c University of California   (United States)

^d BROADCOM CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

CMOS; interferometer; oscillator; resonant tank; terahertz (THz)

Indexed keywords

CMOS; CMOS DEVICES; CMOS TECHNOLOGY; DIE AREA; FOURTH-ORDER; FREQUENCY-SELECTIVE; FUNDAMENTAL FREQUENCIES; ODD HARMONICS; ON CHIPS; OPERATING FREQUENCY; OSCILLATOR CIRCUITS; OUTPUT SPECTRUM; PROPOSED ARCHITECTURES; RESONANT TANKS; TERAHERTZ; TERAHERTZ OSCILLATORS; THZ OSCILLATORS;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; CUTOFF FREQUENCY; INTERFEROMETERS; MICHELSON INTERFEROMETERS; NEGATIVE RESISTANCE; TANKS (CONTAINERS);

OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC);

EID: 84862800801     PISSN: 2156342X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TTHZ.2011.2181922     Document Type: Article

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