A fully matched high linearity 2-W PHEMT MMIC power amplifier for 3.5 GHz applications

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 667-669

  Chu, Chen Kuo ^a   Huang, Hou Kuei ^a   Liu, Hong Zhi ^a   Chiu, Ray Jay ^a   Lin, Che Hung ^a   Wang, Chih Cheng ^a   Houng, Mau Phon ^a   Wang, Yeong Her ^a   Hsu, Chuan Chien ^b   Wu, Wang ^b   Wu, Chang Luen ^b   Chang, Chian Sern ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Transcom Inc   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC); Power amplifier (PA); Pseudomorphic high electronic mobility transistor (PHEMT); Wideband code division multiple access (W CDMA)

Indexed keywords

CARRIER MOBILITY; CODE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM GALLIUM ARSENIDE; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

COMPRESSION POWER; PHEMT; W-CDMA;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 27144509189     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2005.856852     Document Type: Article

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