A broadband GaN-MMIC power amplifier for L to X bands

European Microwave Week 2007 Conference Proceedings, EuMW 2007 - 2nd European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference, EuMIC 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 147-150

  Meliani, C ^a   Behtash, R ^b   Wurfl J ^a   Heinrich, W ^a   Trankle G ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUT FÜR HÖCHSTFREQUENZTECHNIK   (Germany)

^b United Monolithic Semiconductors GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; FIBER LASERS; GALLIUM ALLOYS; GALLIUM NITRIDE; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MICROWAVE CIRCUITS; MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MICROWAVES; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); POWER AMPLIFIERS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

CUT-OFF FREQUENCIES; DISTRIBUTED AMPLIFIER; EUROPEAN; GATE WIDTHS; MAXIMUM OUTPUT POWER; MMIC POWER AMPLIFIERS; MULTI-BAND SYSTEMS; SET-UPS; SMALL-SIGNAL GAIN; TRANSISTOR CELLS; X BANDS;

BROADBAND AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 48149113465     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EMICC.2007.4412669     Document Type: Conference Paper

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