Modeling and performance of a 100-element pHEMT grid amplifier

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 44, Issue 12 PART 1, 1996, Pages 2136-2144

  De Lisio, Michael P ^a   Duncan, Scott W ^a  

^a University of Hawaii at Manoa   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; GAIN MEASUREMENT; GATES (TRANSISTOR); HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTORS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

GRID AMPLIFIERS; OUTPUT POWER; STABILIZING RESISTORS;

MICROWAVE AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0030397897     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.556440     Document Type: Article

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