Small-signal distributed model for gaas hbt's and s-parameter prediction at millimeter-wave frequencies

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 723-732

  Hajji, Rached ^a   Ghannouchi, Fadhel M ^b  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b FUJITSU LABORATORIES OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; MILLIMETER WAVES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SIMULATORS;

ELECTRIC MODELS;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 0031146218     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/16.568032     Document Type: Article

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