A modal analysis of MMIC power amplifier stability

Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems

Volumn 1992-August, Issue , 1992, Pages 1012-1015

  Freitag, Ronald G ^a  

^a WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INPUT OUTPUT PROGRAMS; MICROWAVE AMPLIFIERS; MODAL ANALYSIS; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EVEN MODE; MMIC POWER AMPLIFIER; ON CHIPS; OUTPUT DEVICES; OUTPUT POWER; POWER COMBINING; SMALL-SIGNAL ANALYSIS; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 85013622865     PISSN: 15483746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWSCAS.1992.271123     Document Type: Conference Paper

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