Experts show you how to use gallium arsenide (GaAs) MESFET technology to achieve low-cost, low-noise circuits. GaAs MESFET Circuit Design combines a rigorous theoretical approach with many practical tips for engineers, students, and applied and industrial researchers. This comprehensive guide gives you design examples in a logical, how-to format ideal for on the job reference and training programs. Techniques that are readily integrable into CAD packages show you how to use automated layout tools to design amplifiers, oscillators, and mixers.
Foreword. Fabrication and Operation of GaAs MESFET. GaAs MESFETs: S-Parameter Measurements and Their Use in Circuit Design. Synthesis and Design of Small-Signal and Low-Noise GaAs MESFET Amplifiers. Linear Simulation and Computer-Aided Engineering. CAE Techniques from the Domains of Very Large Scale Integration and Computer-Aided Software Engineering. Numerical Analysis. Power GaAs MESFET Amplifier. GaAs ICs: MESFET Logic. Oscillators. GaAs Digital Integrated Circuits. MMICs. Aspects of GaAs FET Reliability.