Effective suppression of IV knee walk-out in AlGaN/GaN HEMTs for pulsed-IV pulsed-RF with a large signal network analyzer

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 681-683

  Doo, Seok Joo ^b   Roblin, Patrick ^a,b   Jessen, Gregg H ^c   Fitch, Robert C ^c   Gillespie, James K ^c   Moser, Neil A ^c   Crespo, Antonio ^c   Simpson, Gary ^d   King, Jon ^d  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b The Ohio State University   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Maury Microwave Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

GaN; High electron mobility transistor (HEMT); Large signal network analyzer (LSNA); Load line; Traps

Indexed keywords

LARGE SIGNAL NETWORK ANALYZER (LSNA); LOAD LINES; ON-WAFER DEVICES; TRAPS;

ELECTRIC LINES; ELECTRIC LOADS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; GALLIUM NITRIDE; SEMICONDUCTING ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTORS;

EID: 33845517635     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2006.885632     Document Type: Article

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