CMOS Terahertz Systems: From Circuits to Applications KU Leuven
Speed scaling has mostly stopped as the overall circuit speed is limited by the interconnect. Nevertheless, THz frequencies (>300 GHz) have been demonstrated in CMOS. To achieve this, designers rely more and more on innovative circuit techniques to create and detect signals. It is in this context that this thesis is placed, as its first focus is circuit techniques for the generation of terahertz frequencies in CMOS devices. The other ...