High efficiency 10Gb/s optical modulator driver amplifier using a power pHEMT technology

GAAS 2005 Conference Proceedings - 13th European Gallium Arsenide and Other Compound Semiconductors Application Symposium

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 129-132

  Shohat, J ^a   Robertson, I D ^a   Nightingale, S J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b ERA TECHNOLOGY LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASCADE CONNECTIONS; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTORS; LIGHT MODULATORS; SYSTEM STABILITY;

CASCADE TOPOLOGY; COMMON-SOURCE DESIGNS; DISTRIBUTED AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL MODULATOR DRIVER AMPLIFIERS;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 33847307807     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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