Large Signal GaAs Mesfet Oscillator Design

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1979, Pages 217-227

  Johnson, Kenneth M ^a  

^a MOTOROLA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC NETWORKS, ACTIVE - EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES, MIS; TRANSISTORS, FIELD EFFECT - APPLICATIONS;

S PARAMETERS;

OSCILLATORS, MICROWAVE;

EID: 0018442719     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.1979.1129597     Document Type: Article

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