High-Gain Cascode MMIC's in Coplanar Technology at W-Band Frequencies

IEEE Microwave and Guided Wave Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 430-431

  Tessmann, Axel ^a   Haydl, William H ^a   Hülsmann, Axel ^a   Schlechtweg, Michael ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SOLID STATE PHYSICS IAF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cascode; Coplanar waveguide; MMIC; PM HEMT; W band

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTORS; SEMICONDUCTING ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM GALLIUM ARSENIDE; WAVEGUIDES;

CASCODE CONNECTIONS;

MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 0032290834     PISSN: 10518207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/75.746765     Document Type: Article

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