Broad-band and Scalable Circuit-level Model of Msm Pd for Co-design with Preamplifier in Front-end Receiver Applications

DEDICATION I would like to dedicate this work to my family and my fiancé for their continuous love and belief in me. ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I would like to thank my thesis advisor, Dr. Martin A. Brooke, for his constant support, flexibility, flow of ideas, and patience during this research program. He has allowed me to explore new ideas, but has constantly helped me stay focused on the main objectives of the research work. His strong affiliations with other research groups have allowed me to interact with and gain insight from student members and faculty from those areas. I would especially like to thank Dr. Nan M. Jokerst, her group members, and my group members for their assistance in the use of high speed optic test equipment and device fabrications, which has been fundamental to the verification of this work. I also would like to thank Dr. and Dr. Paul A. Kohl for serving on my committees and their suggestions and criticisms of my work. Last but not least, I would like to thank my family and fiancé for their constant support and encouragement during this research program.