Design and characterization of high performance 60 ghz pseudomorphic modfet lnas in cpw-technology based on accurate s-parameter and noise models

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 1992, Pages 2445-2451

  Schlechtweg, Michael ^a   Reinert, Werner ^a   Tasker, Paul J ^a   Bosch, Roland ^a   Braunstein, Jurgen ^a   Hulsmann, Axel ^a   Kohler, Klaus ^a  

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

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EID: 0346494989     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.179915     Document Type: Article

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