Monolithic distributed amplifier with active control schemes for optimum gain and group-delay flatness, bandwidth, and stability

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1101-1110

  Jeong, Jinho ^a   Kwon, Youngwoo ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cascode field effect transistor (FET); Distributed amplifier (DA); High electron mobility transistor (HEMT); Monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC)

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; ELECTRON MOBILITY; FIBER OPTICS; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

BROAD-BAND AMPLIFICATIONS; GAIN-BANDWIDTH PRODUCTS (GBP); GATE-LINE TERMINATION LOADS; THIN-FILM RESISTORS;

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC);

EID: 2442591717     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2004.825659     Document Type: Article

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