SiC microwave power technologies

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 987-992

  Clarke, R C ^b   Palmour, John W ^a,c  

^a IEEE

^b NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^c Arkansas Power Electronics International Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Metal semiconductor field effect transistors (MESFETs); Microwave transistors; Power semiconductor devices; Silicon carbide; Static induction transistors

Indexed keywords

COSTS; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; MILITARY APPLICATIONS; POWER ELECTRONICS; SILICON CARBIDE; TRANSMITTERS;

MICROWAVE TRANSISTORS; POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; STATIC INDUCTION TRANSISTORS;

MICROWAVE DEVICES;

EID: 0038642784     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPROC.2002.1021563     Document Type: Article

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