FET power combining with the use of the balanced single-ended dual-fed distributed amplifier approach

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 42-45

  Eccleston, K W ^a   Kyaw, O ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Balanced amplifiers; Distributed amplifiers; Distributed power amplifiers; Dual fed distributed amplifier; Microwave power amplifiers

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CURRENT MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; MICROWAVE AMPLIFIERS; VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT;

DISTRIBUTED AMPLIFIER; DRAIN CURRENT; DRAIN VOLTAGE; LOAD LINES; MICROWAVE POWER AMPLIFIER; POWER ADDED EFFICIENCY;

FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS;

EID: 0037026979     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.10510     Document Type: Article

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