Design and modeling of millimeter-wave CMOS circuits for wireless transceivers: Era of sub-100nm technology

Design and Modeling of Millimeter-Wave CMOS Circuits for Wireless Transceivers: Era of Sub-100nm Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1-183

  Lai, Ivan Chee Hong ^a   Fujishima, Minoru ^b  

^a FUJITSU LABORATORIES LTD   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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EID: 84891403443     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6999-4     Document Type: Book

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