A 74-GHz Bandwidth InAlAs/InGaAs-InP HBT Distributed Amplifier with 13-dB Gain

IEEE Microwave and Guided Wave Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 461-463

  Baeyens, Y ^a   Pullela, R ^a   Mattia, J P ^a   Tsai, H S ^a   Chen, Y K ^a  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributed amplifiers; HBT; millimeter wave bipolar transistor amplifiers; MMIC's

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); BANDWIDTH; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM GALLIUM ARSENIDE;

DISTRIBUTED AMPLIFIERS; INDIUM ALUMINUM ARSENIDE; MILLIMETER-WAVE BIPOLAR TRANSISTOR AMPLIFIERS;

HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS;

EID: 0033353576     PISSN: 10518207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/75.808036     Document Type: Article

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