A 77-GHz MMIC power amplifier for automotive radar applications

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 143-145

  Chang, Hong Yeh ^a   Wang, Huei ^a   Yu, Michael ^b   Shu, Yonghui ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b WiseWave Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

Millimeter wave; MMIC; PHEMT; Power amplifier

Indexed keywords

GAIN CONTROL; HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTORS; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; RADAR SYSTEMS; SEMICONDUCTING ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE;

AUTOMOTIVE RADAR;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0037399099     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2003.811059     Document Type: Article

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