A 58.4mW solid-state power amplifier at 220 GHz using InP HBTs

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Reed, Thomas B ^a   Rodwell, Mark J W ^a   Griffith, Zach ^b   Rowell, Petra ^b   Field, Mark ^b   Urteaga, Miguel ^b  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b ROCKWELL SCIENTIFIC COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Power amplifier; Solid State Power Amplifier (SSPA)

Indexed keywords

INP; INP-HBT; MICROSTRIPES; OUTPUT POWER; POWER DIVISION; QUARTER WAVES; SMALL SIGNAL GAIN; SOLID STATE POWER AMPLIFIER;

VOLTAGE DIVIDERS;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 84866782518     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWSYM.2012.6259659     Document Type: Conference Paper

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