A Temperature Model for the GaAs MESFET

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 1981, Pages 954-962

  Curtice, Walter R ^a   Yun, Yong Hoon ^a  

^a SARNOFF CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSISTORS, FIELD EFFECT;

EID: 0019607025     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: 15579646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/T-ED.1981.20466     Document Type: Article

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