1.6 W K-band mmic power amplifier developed using low loss matching technique for point-to-point radio applications

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1521-1525

  Bahl, Inder J ^a  

^a M/A COM   (United States)

Author keywords

K band amplifier; MMIC amplifier; Poer amplifier

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY RANGE; LOSS MATCHING TECHNIQUE; POINT-TO-POINT RADIO APPLICATIONS;

BANDWIDTH; MESFET DEVICES; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; RADIO SYSTEMS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 34249810326     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.22486     Document Type: Article

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