Design considerations for GaN based MMICs

2009 IEEE International Conference on Microwaves, Communications, Antennas and Electronics Systems, COMCAS 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Campbell, Charles F ^a   Dumka, Deep C ^a   Kao, Ming Yih ^a  

^a TRIQUINT SEMICONDUCTOR   (United States)

Author keywords

Class E power amplifiers; Control components; Gallium nitride; Wideband power amplifiers

Indexed keywords

CIRCUIT DESIGNS; CLASS-E POWER AMPLIFIERS; CONTROL COMPONENTS; DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS; HIGH EFFICIENCY; HIGH POWER SWITCHING; WIDEBAND POWER AMPLIFIER;

DESIGN; GALLIUM ALLOYS; GALLIUM ARSENIDE; GALLIUM NITRIDE; MICROWAVE ANTENNAS; MICROWAVE CIRCUITS; MICROWAVES; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; POWER AMPLIFIERS; RADIO WAVES;

BROADBAND AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 77949819563     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/COMCAS.2009.5386036     Document Type: Conference Paper

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