A 1 k-pixel video camera for 0.7-1.1 terahertz imaging applications in 65-nm CMOS

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2999-3012

  Al Hadi, Richard ^a   Sherry, Hani ^a,b,c   Grzyb, Janusz ^a   Zhao, Yan ^a   Förster, Wolfgang ^a   Keller, Hans M ^a   Cathelin, Andreia ^b   Kaiser, Andreas ^c   Pfeiffer, Ullrich R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^b STMICROELECTRONICS   (France)

^c INSTITUT D ELECTRONIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

CMOS; distributed resistive self mixing; resistive mixer; silicon lens; sub millimeter wave detectors; sub millimeter wave imaging; terahertz (THz); terahertz direct detection; terahertz imaging

Indexed keywords

CMOS; DIRECT DETECTION; RESISTIVE MIXER; SELF-MIXING; SUBMILLIMETERS; TERAHERTZ; TERAHERTZ IMAGING; WAVE IMAGING;

ANTENNAS; BANDWIDTH; CAMERAS; CUTOFF FREQUENCY; DIFFERENTIAL AMPLIFIERS; MILLIMETER WAVES; MIXING; PIXELS; VIDEO RECORDING;

VIDEO CAMERAS;

EID: 84871749082     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2012.2217851     Document Type: Article

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