Variable antenna load for transmitter efficiency improvement

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1666-1671

  Kaajakari, Ville ^a,b   Alastalo, Ari ^a   Jaakkola, Kaarle ^a   Seppä, Heikki ^a  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antennas; Impedance matching; Microwave communication; Power amplifiers (PAs)

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; IMPEDANCE MATCHING (ELECTRIC); POWER AMPLIFIERS; RADIO SYSTEMS;

ANTENNA LOADS; MEDIUM TRANSMIT POWERS; MICROWAVE COMMUNICATION;

TRANSMITTERS;

EID: 34547972160     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2007.902093     Document Type: Article

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