A compact low DC consumption 24-GHz cascode HEMT VGA

APMC 2009 - Asia Pacific Microwave Conference 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1625-1627

  Tsai, Zuo Min ^a   Kao, Jui Chi ^a   Lin, Kun You ^a   Wang, Huei ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

GaAs; PHEMT; VGA

Indexed keywords

CASCODE; CASCODE DEVICE; DC POWER; GAAS; HIGH GAIN; LOW-POWER CONSUMPTION; SMALL CHIP SIZE;

DIFFERENTIAL AMPLIFIERS; GAIN CONTROL; GALLIUM ALLOYS; GALLIUM ARSENIDE; HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTORS; MICROWAVES; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; VIDEO AMPLIFIERS;

HIGH FREQUENCY AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 77950677444     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/APMC.2009.5384354     Document Type: Conference Paper

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