Attenuation Compensation in Distributed Amplifier Design

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 1989, Pages 1425-1433

  Deibele, Steve ^a   Beyer, James B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROWAVES; TRANSISTORS, FIELD EFFECT--APPLICATIONS;

ATTENUATION COMPENSATION; CASCADE AMPLIFYING CIRCUIT; DISTRIBUTED AMPLIFIER DESIGN; GAIN BANDWIDTH; GAIN MAXIMUM FREQUENCY PRODUCTS; HIGH GAIN COMMON GATE FET;

AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0024737887     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.32227     Document Type: Article

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