A single-supply Ku-band 1-W power amplifier MMIC with compact self-bias PHEMTs

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 330-332

  Liu, Hong Zhi ^b   Lin, Che Hung ^b   Chu, Chen Kuo ^b   Huang, Hou Kuei ^b   Houng, Mau Phon ^b   Chang, Ching Hsueh ^c   Wu, Chang Luen ^c   Chang, Chian Sern ^c   Wang, Yeong Her ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Transcom Inc   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ku band; Monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC); Power amplifier; Pseudomorphic high electron mobility transistor (PHEMT)

Indexed keywords

GAIN COMPRESSION; KU BAND; PSEUDOMORPHIC HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTOR (PHEMT); SMALL SIGNAL GAIN;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GAIN CONTROL; HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTORS; POWER AMPLIFIERS; SEMICONDUCTING ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM GALLIUM ARSENIDE;

MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 33746659927     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2006.875627     Document Type: Article

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