Compact network for eliminating parametric oscillations in high power MMIC amplifiers

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn 3, Issue , 1999, Pages 967-970

  Teeter, Douglas ^a   Platzker, Aryeh ^a   Bourque, Ron ^a  

^a RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GATE LENGTH; PARAMETRIC OSCILLATIONS; RC NETWORK;

CAPACITANCE; CAPACITORS; CIRCUIT OSCILLATIONS; GATES (TRANSISTOR); HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTORS; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0033366155     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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