Novel band-reconfigurable high efficiency power amplifier employing RF-MEMS switches

IEICE Transactions on Electronics

Volumn E88-C, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2141-2149

  Fukuda, Atsushi ^a,c   Okazaki, Hiroshi ^a   Hirota, Tetsuo ^b   Yamao, Yasushi ^a,d,e  

^a NTT DOCOMO   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

^d IEEE

^e IEICE Communications Society (2003 2004)

Author keywords

Band switchable matching network; Microelectro mechanical devices; Multi band; Power amplifiers; Switches

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC LINES; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); SWITCHES;

BAND-SWITCHABLE MATCHING NETWORK; MICROELECTRO MECHANICAL DEVICES; MULTI-BAND;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 29144497220     PISSN: 09168524     EISSN: 17451353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ietele/e88-c.11.2141     Document Type: Article

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