Time-domain optical sampling of switched-mode microwave amplifiers and multipliers

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2599-2604

  Weiss, Manoja D ^a  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAKAGE CURRENTS; MICROWAVE AMPLIFIERS; MULTIPLYING CIRCUITS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

OPTICAL SAMPLING;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0033280239     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.809012     Document Type: Article

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