Intermodulation Distortion Analysis of MESFET Amplifiers Using the Volterra Series Representation

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn MTT-28, Issue 1, 1980, Pages 1-8

  Minasian, Robert Aram ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS, MICROWAVE; TRANSISTORS, FIELD EFFECT;

INTERMODULATION;

EID: 0018923340     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.1980.1129998     Document Type: Article

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