Three octave ultra-wideband 3-port circulator in 0.11 μm CMOS

Electronics Letters

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 651-653

  Kim, S M ^a   Kim, Y H ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CMOS TECHNOLOGY; FREQUENCY RANGES; RETURN LOSS; SUPPLY VOLTAGES;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

EID: 84880192411     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el.2013.0153     Document Type: Article

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