Power FETs Families. Capabilities and Limitations from 1 to 100 GHz

1994 24th European Microwave Conference, EUMA 1994

Volumn 1, Issue , 1994, Pages 88-101

  Crosnier, Y ^a  

^a INSTITUT D ELECTRONIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAIN CURRENT; GALLIUM ALLOYS; INDIUM ALLOYS; SEMICONDUCTOR ALLOYS;

100 GHZ; EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; LOW FREQUENCY RANGE; MESFETS; MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; POWER APPLICATIONS; PSEUDOMORPHIC HEMT; ULTRA LOW NOISE;

POWER FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS;

EID: 84941603956     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EUMA.1994.337200     Document Type: Conference Paper

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