Compact DC-60-GHz HJFET MMIC switches using ohmic electrode-sharing technology

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 46, Issue 11 PART 1, 1998, Pages 1597-1603

  Mizutani, Hiroshi ^a   Funabashi, Masahiro ^a   Kuzuhara, Masaaki ^a   Takayama, Yoichiro ^a  

^a NEC CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fet's; Mmic switches; Modeling; Nonlinear circuits

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRODES; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MILLIMETER WAVES; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; NONLINEAR NETWORKS; RADAR SYSTEMS;

HETEROJUNCTION FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR; OHMIC ELECTRODE SHARING TECHNOLOGY; SINGLE POLE DOUBLE THROW SWITCH; SINGLE POLE SINGLE THROW SWITCH;

SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCHES;

EID: 0032203929     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.734531     Document Type: Article

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