Graphene: Its fundamentals to future applications

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 59, Issue 10 PART 2, 2011, Pages 2702-2708

  Moon, Jeong Sun ^a   Gaskill, D Kurt ^b  

^a Hughes Aircraft Co   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambipolar; Antenna; CMOS; Electromagnetic interference (EMI); Field effect transistor (FET); Graphene; Interconnects; Low noise amplifier (LNA); Mixer; Multiplier; Nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS); Phase noise; Radiometer; RF; Sensors; Transistor

Indexed keywords

AMBIPOLAR; FREQUENCY MULTIPLIER; FUTURE APPLICATIONS; MODULATION EFFICIENCY; MULTIPLIER; NANO ELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS; QUALITY OF MATERIALS; RF;

ANTENNAS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; ELECTROMAGNETIC SHIELDING; LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS; MIXERS (MACHINERY); MOSFET DEVICES; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS; PHASE NOISE; RADIOMETERS; SENSORS; SIGNAL INTERFERENCE; TRANSISTORS;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84870026621     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2011.2164617     Document Type: Article

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