Reliability of GaAs MESFETs

The paper presents new data on the reliability of GaAs MESFETs for microwave telecommunications obtained from the analysis of field repairs and accelerated tests. This work represents a systematic investigation of devices in the context of real applications, thus providing a significative contribution to the state of the art in the field.

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