Single-package 5 GHz WLAN RF module with embedded patch antenna and 20 dBm power amplifier

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 1037-1040

  Ryckaert, Julien ^a   Brebels, Steven ^a   Come, Boris ^a   Diels, Wim ^a   Hauspie, Dries ^a   Stoukatch, Serguei ^a   Vaesen, Kristof ^a   De Raedt, Walter ^a   Donnay, Stephane ^a  

^a IMEC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; INSERTION LOSSES; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SLOT ANTENNAS;

BALL GRID ARRAY (BGA);

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0043094069     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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