A fully matched 8W X-band PHEMT MMIC high power amplifier

Technical Digest - IEEE Compound Semiconductor Integrated Circuit Symposium, CSIC

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 137-140

  Chu, C K ^a   Huang, H K ^a   Liu, H Z ^a   Chiu, R J ^a   Lin, C H ^a   Wang, C C ^a   Wang, Y H ^a   Hsu, C C ^b   Wu, W ^b   Wu, C L ^b   Chang, C S ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Transcom Inc   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

MMIC; Power amplifier; X Band

Indexed keywords

BYPASS CAPACITORS; OUTPUT MATCHING; POWER DENSITY; X-BAND;

ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; GAIN CONTROL; HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTORS; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SEMICONDUCTING ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM GALLIUM ARSENIDE;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 21644488024     PISSN: 15508781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CSICS.2004.1392514     Document Type: Conference Paper

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