High power-added efficiency MMIC amplifier for 2.4 GHz wireless communications

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 120-123

  Portilla, Joaquín ^a   García, Héctor ^a   Artal, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amplifier; Efficiency; Monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC)

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE; MESFET DEVICES; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; OPTIMIZATION; TRANSMITTERS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

LOAD CYCLE GRAPHIC OPTIMIZATION; POWER ADDED EFFICIENCY;

MICROWAVE AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0032686167     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/4.736666     Document Type: Article

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