Bias-dependent linear scalable millimeter-wave fet model

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 2352-2360

  Wood, John ^a   Root, David E ^a  

^a AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Equivalent circuits; Microwave field effect transistors (FETs); Millimeter wave FETs; Modeling

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; SCATTERING PARAMETERS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS;

LINEAR EQUIVALENT CIRCUIT MODELS;

FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS;

EID: 0034430565     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.898984     Document Type: Article

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