Analysis of the performance of four-cascaded single-stage distributed amplifiers

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 2657-2663

  Banyamin, Ben Y ^a   Berwick, Michael ^b  

^a Wireless Systems International Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distributed amplifiers; Gain measurement; Microwave circuits; Noise; Reflection

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; CASCADE CONNECTIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; GAIN MEASUREMENT; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

CASCADED SINGLE STAGE DISTRIBUTED AMPLIFIERS;

BROADBAND AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0034427623     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.899027     Document Type: Article

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