Conditionally stable amplifier design using constant μ-contours

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 44, Issue 12 PART 2, 1996, Pages 2634-2640

  Edwards, Marion Lee ^a   Cheng, Sheng ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE NETWORKS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; FREQUENCY STABILITY; GAIN CONTROL; IMPEDANCE MATCHING (ELECTRIC); NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY;

CONDITIONALLY STABLE AMPLIFIERS; IMPEDANCE MATCHING CIRCUITS;

MICROWAVE AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0030387904     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.554614     Document Type: Article

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