Design and optimization of a high efficiency 60 GHz SiGe-HBT power amplifier

RFIT 2007 - IEEE International Workshop on Radio-Frequency Integration Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 150-153

  Do, Van Hoang ^b   Subramanian, Viswanathan ^a,c   Keusgen, Wilhelm ^d   Boeck, Georg ^a,c  

^a IEEE

^b TES Electronic Solutions Germany   (Germany)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d FRAUNHOFER HEINRICH HERTZ INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

60 GHz; Optimization; Power added efficiency; Power amplifier (PA); Saturated power; SiGe HBT technology

Indexed keywords

60 GHZ; DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION; HBT POWER AMPLIFIER; HBT TECHNOLOGY; HIGH-EFFICIENCY; INTEGRATION TECHNOLOGIES; N-P-N TRANSISTORS; POWER ADDED EFFICIENCY; POWER AMPLIFIER (PA); RADIO FREQUENCIES; SATURATED POWER; SIGE-HBT TECHNOLOGY;

BROADBAND AMPLIFIERS; INTEGRATION; OPTIMIZATION; POWER AMPLIFIERS; SEMICONDUCTING GERMANIUM COMPOUNDS; SILICON ALLOYS;

TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 49949105657     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/RFIT.2007.4443939     Document Type: Conference Paper

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