A 0.9-5-GHz wide-range 1W-class reconfigurable power amplifier employing RF-MEMS switches

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1859-1862

  Fukuda, Atsushi ^a   Furuta, Takayuki ^a   Okazaki, Hiroshi ^a   Narahashi, Shoichi ^a  

^a NTT DOCOMO   (Japan)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC SWITCHES; FREQUENCY BANDS; INSERTION LOSSES; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES;

BAND-SWITCHABLE MATCHING NETWORK; MATCHING NETWORKS (MN); MOBILE TERMINALS;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 34250362783     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWSYM.2006.249776     Document Type: Conference Paper

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