Reconciliation of Methods for Estimating fmax for Microwave Heterojunction Transistors

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 1991, Pages 1685-1692

  Pulfrey, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROWAVE DEVICES; SEMICONDUCTING ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE;

MICROWAVE HBT;

TRANSISTORS, BIPOLAR;

EID: 0026205557     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: 15579646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/16.119002     Document Type: Article

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