Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertationsfrom the Faculty of Science and Technology 681
Design and Modeling ofHigh-Frequency LDMOS Transistors
BY
LARS VESTLING
ACTA UNIVERSITATIS UPSALIENSISUPPSALA 2002
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