A VSWR-protected silicon bipolar RF power amplifier with soft-slope power control

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 611-620

  Scuderi, Angelo ^a   Paglia, Luca La ^b   Scuderi, Antonino ^b   Carrara, Francesco ^a   Palmisano, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b STMICROELECTRONICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Load mismatch protection; RF power amplifier; Silicon bipolar technology; Soft slope output power control; Voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR)

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; ELECTRIC LOADS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM PROTECTION; GAIN CONTROL; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; POWER CONTROL; SILICON; SPECIFICATIONS;

LOAD MISMATCH PROTECTION; RF POWER AMPLIFIERS; SILICON BIPOLAR TECHNOLOGY; SOFT-SLOPE OUTPUT POWER CONTROL; VOLTAGE STANDING-WAVE RATIO (VSWR);

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 16244391827     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2005.843634     Document Type: Article

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