Demonstration of on-chip appended power amplifier for improved efficiency at low power region

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 691-694

  Park, Hyun Min ^a   Cheon, Sang Hoon ^b   Park, Jae Woo ^b   Hong, Songcheol ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b Knowledge On Inc   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM COMPOUNDS; TOPOLOGY; TRANSISTORS;

IMPEDANCE TRANSFORMING NETWORK;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0042093615     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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