Review of radiation effects on GaN HEMT devices

LYU Hanghang; CAO Yanrong; MA Maodan; ZHANG Longtao; REN Chen; WANG Zhiheng; LYU Ling; ZHENG Xuefeng; MA Xiaohua

doi:10.11805/tkyda2022012

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