Small signal model and low noise application of InAlAs/InGaAs/InP-based PHEMTs

LIU Jun; YU Wei-Hua; YANG Song-Yuan; HOU Yan-Fei; CUI Da-Sheng; LYU Xin

doi:10.11972/j.issn.1001-9014.2018.06.008

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