Design of S-band 90-watt solid-state power amplifier module using an improved nonlinear FET model

IEICE Transactions on Electronics

Volumn E82-C, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1047-1053

  Fujii, Kohei ^a   Hara, Yasuhiko ^a  

^a JAPAN RADIO CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

And power amplifier; Gaas fet; MMIC; Nonlinear model

Indexed keywords

INDUCTANCE; IR DROP; NONLINEAR MODEL; OUTPUT POWER; POWER ADDED EFFICIENCY; SOLID STATE POWER AMPLIFIERS;

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTORS; MODULATORS; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0033157618     PISSN: 09168524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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