Photoresponse of microwave transistors to highfrequency modulated lightwave carrier signal

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 45, Issue 8 PART 2, 1997, Pages 1368-1374

  De Barros Jr , Luiz E M ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heterojunction bipolar transistors; Microwave transistors; Optoelectronic devices; Photodetectors; Phototransistors; Transient analysis

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; BANDWIDTH; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; MESFET DEVICES; MILLIMETER WAVES; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTOTRANSISTORS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

MICROWAVE TRANSISTORS; MODULATION DOPED FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS (MODFET);

MICROWAVE DEVICES;

EID: 0031211907     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.618438     Document Type: Article

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