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MILLIMETER WAVE TO TERAHERTZ IN CMOS

Silicon Microwave Integrated Circuits and Systems Research Group, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Florida, 539 New Engineering Building, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA

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S. SANKARAN

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C. CAO

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E.-Y. SEOK

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D. SHIM

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C. MAO

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R. HAN

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Abstract

The feasibility of CMOS circuits operating at frequencies in the upper millimeter wave and low sub-millimeter frequency regions has been demonstrated. A 140-GHz fundamental mode VCO in 90-nm CMOS, a 410-GHz push-push VCO in 45-nm CMOS, and a 180-GHz detector circuit in 130-nm CMOS have been demonstrated. With the continued scaling of MOS transistors, 1-THz CMOS circuits will be possible. Though these results are significant, output power of signal generators must be increased and acceptable noise performance of detectors must be achieved in order to demonstrate the applicability of CMOS for implementing practical terahertz systems.

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