10W C-band highly efficient hybrid-MMIC amplifier

2000 30th European Microwave Conference, EuMC 2000

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Darbandi, A ^a   Zoyo, M ^a   Loval, L ^b   Buret, H ^a   Michard, F ^a  

^a THALES ALENIA SPACE   (France)

^b NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STAGE; FREQUENCY RANGES; GAIN COMPRESSION; HIGH EFFICIENT; LINEAR GAIN; LOW DISTORTION; NON-LINEAR MODEL; POWER OUT PUT;

MICROWAVE AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 84897505771     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EUMA.2000.338689     Document Type: Conference Paper

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