Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, Volume. 40, Issue 1, 25(2021)

Solid-state power amplifiers for space: going to extremely high frequency

Fei YANG*, Heng-Fei ZHAO, Jiang-Tao LIU, Rui-Zhu LIU, Yuan-Ping LIU, Feng-Jiao HU, Shu-Feng SUN, Hong-Xi YU, and Ying ZHOU
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  • China Academy of Space Technology (Xi’an) , Xi’an 710100, China
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    Fei YANG, Heng-Fei ZHAO, Jiang-Tao LIU, Rui-Zhu LIU, Yuan-Ping LIU, Feng-Jiao HU, Shu-Feng SUN, Hong-Xi YU, Ying ZHOU. Solid-state power amplifiers for space: going to extremely high frequency[J]. Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 2021, 40(1): 25

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    Paper Information

    Category: Research Articles

    Received: Feb. 8, 2020

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Aug. 30, 2021

    The Author Email: Fei YANG (yfxjtu@163.com)

    DOI:10.11972/j.issn.1001-9014.2021.01.005

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