PAE improvement of PCS MMIC power amplifier with a bias control circuit

IEICE Transactions on Electronics

Volumn E86-C, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 672-675

  Kim, Ji Hoon ^a   Kim, Joon Hyung ^a   Noh, Youn Sub ^a   Kim, Song Gang ^b   Park, Chul Soon ^a  

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

^b Joongbu University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bias control circuit; Heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT); Personal communications services (PCS); Power amplifier

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; CODE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS; HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; INSERTION LOSSES; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; QUADRATURE PHASE SHIFT KEYING; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES;

AUTOMATIC BIAS CONTROL; BIAS CONTROL CIRCUIT;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0142155092     PISSN: 09168524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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