A 4-W X-Band Compact Coplanar High-Power Amplifier MMIC with 18-dB Gain and 25% PAE

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1433-1437

  Bessemoulin, Alexandre ^a   Quay, Rüdiger ^b   Ramberger, Suitbert ^b   Massler, Hermann ^b   Schlechtweg, Michael ^b  

^a United Monolithic Semiconductors GmbH   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SOLID STATE PHYSICS IAF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coplanar transmission lines; FET analog integrated circuits; HF amplifiers; Microstrip lines; Microwave integrated circuits; Microwave power FET amplifiers; Microwave transistors; MMICs; MODFETs; Semiconductor devices

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); ELECTRIC LINES; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; GAIN CONTROL; MICROSTRIP LINES; MICROWAVE DEVICES;

COPLANAR TRANSMISSION LINES;

MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 0042781749     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2003.815935     Document Type: Conference Paper

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