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Monolithic Ku-band GaAs 1-watt constant phase variable power amplifier

Pritchett, 1989

Document ID
5241827234320768051
Author
Pritchett S
Publication year
Publication venue
Digest of Papers., Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Monolithic Circuits Symposium

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Three stages of dual-gate FETs (DGFETs) are used to achieve greater than 1-W output power with more than 14 dB associated gain under compressed RF drive while providing more than 30 dB of gain control. Minimal phase variation over the gain control range was …
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