A coplanar X-band AlGaN/GaN power amplifier MMIC on s.i. SiC substrate

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 460-462

  Van Raay, F ^a   Quay, R ^a   Kiefer, R ^a   Benkhelifa, F ^a   Raynor, B ^a   Pletschen, W ^a   Kuri, M ^a   Massler, H ^a   Muller S ^a   Dammann, M ^a   Mikulla, M ^a   Schlechtweg, M ^a   Weimann, G ^a  

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

Author keywords

Coplanar waveguide (CPW); Microstrip (MSL); Microwave power field effect transistors (FET) amplifiers; Modulation doped field effect transistors (MODFETs); Phased array radar; Reliability

Indexed keywords

FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; GAIN CONTROL; GALLIUM NITRIDE; HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTORS; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; RADAR; RELIABILITY; SILICON CARBIDE; SUBSTRATES; WAVEGUIDES;

MICROSTRIP (MSL); MICROWAVE POWER FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS (FET) AMPLIFIERS; MODULATION-DOPED FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS (MODFET); PHASED ARRAY RADAR;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 23844471296     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2005.851560     Document Type: Article

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