Transistor Oscillator and Amplifier Grids

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 1992, Pages 1800-1809

  Weikle, Robert M ^a   Kim, Moonil ^b   Hacker, H ^b   Delisio, Michael P ^b   Rutledge, David B ^b   Popovi, P ^c   Jonathan, J B ^c   Zoya, Z B ^c  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 84895351488     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: 15582256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/5.175256     Document Type: Article

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