A BiCMOS W-band 2×2 focal-plane array with on-chip antenna

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2355-2371

  Chen, Zhiming ^a   Wang, Chun Cheng ^b   Yao, Hsin Cheng ^c   Heydari, Payam ^d  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Peregrine Semiconductor   (United States)

^c HTC CORPORATION   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dicke radiometer; direct conversion; focal plane array; frequency generation; LO distribution; millimeter wave; on chip antenna; passive imaging; SiGe; W band

Indexed keywords

DIRECT CONVERSION; FOCAL PLANES; FREQUENCY GENERATION; LO DISTRIBUTION; ON CHIP ANTENNA; PASSIVE IMAGING; SIGE; W-BAND;

ANTENNAS; BICMOS TECHNOLOGY; LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS; MILLIMETER WAVES; SILICON ALLOYS; VOLTAGE REGULATORS;

SEMICONDUCTING SILICON;

EID: 84867404280     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2012.2209775     Document Type: Article

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