Design and Simulation of Wideband High-Efficiency X-band MMIC Power Amplifier based on GaN HEMT Technology

Subject Areas : Majlesi Journal of Telecommunication Devices

Reza Sahragard shahrakht ¹ , Mehdi Forouzanfar ² , Abolfazl Bijari ³

1 - Electronics Group, Engineering Faculty, University of Birjand, Birjand, Iran
2 - Electronics Group, Engineering Faculty, University of Birjand, Birjand, Iran
3 - Electronics Group, Engineering Faculty, University of Birjand, Birjand, Iran

Received: 2022-08-08 Accepted : 2022-10-15 Published : 2022-12-01

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