Experimental demonstration and CAD investigation of class b HFET transistor operation at microwave frequencies

1998 28th European Microwave Conference, EuMC 1998

Volumn 1, Issue , 1998, Pages 265-270

  Curras Francos, M C ^a   Tasker, P J ^b   Fernandez Barciela, M ^a   O'Keefe, S S ^b   Campos Roca, Y ^a   Sanchez, E ^a   Edwards, G D ^c   Phillips, W A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^c GEC Marconi Materials Technology Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASUREMENTS; TABLE LOOKUP;

EXPERIMENTAL DEMONSTRATIONS; LOAD IMPEDANCE; LOOK-UP TABLE MODELING; MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; MODEL ACCURACY; SIMULATED PERFORMANCE; TRANSISTOR OPERATION; VOLTAGE WAVEFORMS;

MICROWAVE FREQUENCIES;

EID: 84897497850     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EUMA.1998.337998     Document Type: Conference Paper

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