Considerations for high-efficiency operation of microwave transistor power amplifiers

IEICE Transactions on Electronics

Volumn E80-C, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 726-733

  Takayama, Yoichiro ^a  

^a NEC CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Microwave power amplifier; Microwave power transistor; Power efficiency

Indexed keywords

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; MICROWAVE AMPLIFIERS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS; TRANSISTORS;

MICROWAVE POWER TRANSISTORS; POWER EFFICIENCY;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0031164384     PISSN: 09168524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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