Varactor topologies for RF adaptivity with improved power handling and linearity

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 319-322

  Buisman, K ^a   Huang, C ^a   Akhnoukh, A ^a   Marchetti, M ^a   De Vreede, L C N ^a   Larson, L E ^b   Nanver, L K ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive systems; Distortion; Nonlinearities; Tuners; Varactors

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; CAPACITANCE; CONTROL NONLINEARITIES; ELECTRIC POWER MEASUREMENT; FLIP CHIP DEVICES; GLASS; SILICON; TOPOLOGY; TUNERS;

INTEGRATED BIAS NETWORKS; POWER HANDLING; VARACTOR STACKS;

VARACTORS;

EID: 34748864862     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWSYM.2007.380416     Document Type: Conference Paper

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