Improvement of PHEMT intermodulation prediction through the accurate modelling of low-frequency dispersion effects

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 465-468

  Raffo, A ^a,c   Santarelli, A ^b   Traverso, P A ^b   Pagani, M ^c   Palomba, F ^c   Scappaviva, F ^d   Vannini, G ^a   Filicori, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c CoRiTeL ^*  (Italy)

^d MEC Srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

FETs; Intermodulation distortion; Nonlinear circuits; Nonlinear distortion; Semiconductor device modeling

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION (WAVES); INTERMODULATION MEASUREMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; NONLINEAR DISTORTION; POWER AMPLIFIERS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS;

INTERMODULATION DISTORTION; MICROWAVE ELECTRON DEVICES; NONLINEAR CIRCUITS; SELF-HEATING;

HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTORS;

EID: 28144457957     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWSYM.2005.1516630     Document Type: Conference Paper

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