On the design of MMIC multi-harmonic load terminations for class-F amplifiers

Proceedings of the 36th European Microwave Conference, EuMC 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 180-183

  Negra, Renato ^a,b   Ghannouchi, Fadhel M ^b   Bächtold, Werner ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Class F; Coplanar waveguides; Harmonic suppression; High efficiency; MMIC power amplifiers; MODFETs

Indexed keywords

COPLANAR WAVEGUIDES; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; PRODUCT DESIGN; TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY;

CLASS F; HIGH EFFICIENCY; MODFETS;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 41649102031     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EUMC.2006.281248     Document Type: Conference Paper

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