A 0.3-25-GHz ultra-wideband mixer using commercial 0.18-μm CMOS technology

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 522-524

  Tsai, Ming Da ^a   Wang, Huei ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS); Microwave monolithic integrated circuit (MMIC); Mixer; Wideband

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); BANDWIDTH; GAIN MEASUREMENT; HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; MICROWAVES; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION;

BASEBAND CIRCUITS; LADDER MATCHING NETWORKS; SUBSTRATE CONDUCTIVITY;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 9144264395     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2004.837065     Document Type: Article

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