Reconfigurable RF impedance tuner for match control in broadband wireless devices

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 470-478

  Whatley, Richard B ^a   Zhou, Zhen ^a   Melde, Kathleen L ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Automatic match control (AMC); Intelligent RF front ends; Reconfigurable tuner

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; CONTROL; DIODES; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; IMPEDANCE MATCHING (ELECTRIC); RADIO RECEIVERS; VARACTORS;

AUTOMATIC MATCH CONTROL (AMC); BROADBAND RADIO FREQUENCY IMPEDANCE TUNER; INTELLIGENT RADIO FREQUENCY FRONT ENDS; RECONFIGURABLE TUNER; VARACTOR DIODE;

TUNERS;

EID: 32444445027     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2005.863396     Document Type: Article

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