GaN Doherty amplifier with compact harmonic traps

Proceedings of the 38th European Microwave Conference, EuMC 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1553-1556

  Colantonio, Paolo ^a   Giannini, Franco ^a   Giofrè, Rocco ^a   Piazzon, Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM NITRIDE; MICROWAVES; POWER AMPLIFIERS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM;

BACK OFFS; CHIP SIZES; DOHERTY; DOHERTY AMPLIFIERS; DOHERTY POWER AMPLIFIERS; DRAIN EFFICIENCIES; GAN TECHNOLOGIES; HARMONIC TRAPS; MEASUREMENT RESULTS; NEW APPROACHES; OPERATING PRINCIPLES; SATURATED OUTPUT POWER;

GALLIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 62349123448     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EUMC.2008.4751765     Document Type: Conference Paper

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