AN AUTOMATED-SYSTEM FOR MEASURING POWER DEVICES IN KA-BAND

Authors
BONTE B GAQUIERE C BOURCIER E LEMEUR G CROSNIER Y
Citation
B. Bonte et al., AN AUTOMATED-SYSTEM FOR MEASURING POWER DEVICES IN KA-BAND, IEEE transactions on microwave theory and techniques, 46(1), 1998, pp. 70-75
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
IEEE transactions on microwave theory and techniques → ACNP
ISSN journal
00189480
Volume
46
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
70 - 75
Database
ISI
SICI code
0018-9480(1998)46:1<70:AAFMPD>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
An active load-pull system is presented for measuring devices from 50- mu m to 3-mm gatewidth in Ka-band, It can automatically scan the inter esting area of the Smith chart, The system protects the tested devices because the impedance is presented at the output of the device only i f the gate current is lower than a fixed value, Results are presented at 30 and 38 GHz on a pseudomorphic high electron-mobility transistor (PM-HEMT).