Modern Microwave Transistors Theory, Design, and Performance [Hardcover]

• Comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of currently used transistors for commercial and military applications.
• Authors are recognized experts with previous publications.
• Updated descriptions of state-of-the-art devices available on Wiley Web site.

Preface.

Background on Microwave Transistors.

Basic Semiconductor  Physics.

Heterostructure Physics.

MESFETs.

High Electron Mobility Transistors.

MOSFETs.

Silicon Bipolar Junction Transistors.

Heterojunction Bipolar Transistors.

Appendix A.1: Frequently Used Symbols.

Appendix A.2: Physical Constants and Unit Conversions.

Appendix A.3: Microwave Frequency Bands.

Appendix A.4: Two-Port Calculations.

Appendix A.5: Important Material Properties of Selected Materials.

Index.

FRANK SCHWIERZ, PhD, is head of the RF & Nanoelectronics Research Group at Technische Universität (TU) Ilmenau, Germany.
JUIN J. LIOU, PhD, is a professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Science at the University of Central Florida.A timely and thorough overview of the state of the art of microwave transistors

Since the invention of the bipolar transistor in 1947, semiconductor electronics has been advancing and evolving at an enormous pace. Most of the attention has been focused on Si VLSI (Very Large Scale Integration) technology, the backbone of the consumer semiconductor electronics industry. Microwave transistors went almost unnoticed until the early 1980s because they were primarily utilized in military and space applications. The recent far-reaching upheavals in civil communications technology-especially wireless communication such as clãŠ