Title :
Pulse response characteristics for GaAs MESFET distributed amplifiers
Author :
Heidmann, P. ; Beyer, J.B. ; Sokolov, V. ; Tutt, M.
Author_Institution :
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
fDate :
7/1/1987 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The pulse response characteristics of a broad-band GaAs MESFET distributed amplifier were measured. The characteristics show close agreement with measured sinusoidal gain at small-signal levels, and the expected gain compression occurred for large-signal input. Pulse distortion was negligible even for pulse height comparable to FET pinchoff.
Keywords :
Distortion measurement; Distributed amplifiers; FETs; Gain measurement; Gallium arsenide; MESFETs; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods; Pulse measurements; Space vector pulse width modulation;
Journal_Title :
Proceedings of the IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/PROC.1987.13827
