Graphene radio frequency receiver integrated circuit

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Han, Shu Jen ^a   Garcia, Alberto Valdes ^a   Oida, Satoshi ^a   Jenkins, Keith A ^a   Haensch, Wilfried ^a  

^a IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE; METAL OXIDE; SILICON;

COMMUNICATION; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; NANOPARTICLE; RADIO WAVE; SIGNAL; SILICON; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

AMPLIFIER; ARTICLE; DENSITY; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR; FILTRATION; IMPEDANCE; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT; RADIOFREQUENCY; SEMICONDUCTOR; THICKNESS;

EID: 84905024294     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4086     Document Type: Article

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