Multi-watt wideband MMICs in GaN and GaAs

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 631-634

  Meharry, David E ^a   Lender Jr , Robert J ^a   Chu, Kanin ^a   Gunter, Liberty L ^a   Beech, Kim E ^a  

^a BAE SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

Broadband amplifiers; Distributed amplifiers; GaAs; GaN; Microwave power amplifiers; MMIC power amplifiers; MMICs

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; BROADBAND AMPLIFIERS; GALLIUM NITRIDE; MICROWAVE AMPLIFIERS; POWER AMPLIFIERS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE;

DISTRIBUTED AMPLIFIERS; MICROWAVE POWER AMPLIFIERS; MMIC POWER AMPLIFIERS;

MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 34748840944     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWSYM.2007.379980     Document Type: Conference Paper

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