A Semidistributed HEMT Model for Accurate Fitting and Extrapolation of S-Parameters and Noise Parameters

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 1992, Pages 1709-1712

  Hickson, M T ^a   Gardner, P ^a   Paul, D K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTIMIZATION--APPLICATIONS; TRANSISTORS, HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY--OPTIMIZATION;

ACCURATE FITTING/EXTRAPOLATION; MODIFIED SLICE MODEL; NOISE PARAMETERS; S-PARAMETERS; SEMIDISTRIBUTED HEMT MODEL;

TRANSISTORS, HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY;

EID: 0026903718     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.149534     Document Type: Article

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