Contribution of self heating to intermodulation in FETs

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages 803-806

  Parker, Anthony E ^a   Rathmell, James G ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Intermodulation; Memory effect; Microwave FET; Self heating; Thermal response

Indexed keywords

MEMORY EFFECT; MICROWAVE FET; SELF HEATING; THERMAL RESPONSE;

CAPACITANCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; HEAT RESISTANCE; IMPULSE RESPONSE; INTERMODULATION; ISOTHERMS; MICROWAVES; SPECIFIC HEAT;

HEATING;

EID: 4444249834     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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