An X-Ku Band Distributed GaN LNA MMIC with High Gain |
Kim, Dongmin
(Department of Electrical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST))
Lee, Dong-Ho (Department of Information and Communication Engineering, Hanbat National University) Sim, Sanghoon (RF core Co. Ltd.) Jeon, Laurence (RF core Co. Ltd.) Hong, Songcheol (Department of Electrical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)) |
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