Table-based nonlinear HEMT model extracted from time-domain large-signal measurements

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1593-1600

  Currás Francos, M Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Field effect transistors (FETs); Modeling; MODFETs

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEASUREMENT THEORY; MICROWAVE DEVICES; NONLINEAR NETWORKS; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

MODELING; MODFETS; NONLINEAR MODELS; VOLTAGE TRANSFER;

HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTORS;

EID: 19544373645     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2005.847049     Document Type: Article

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