Adaptive tuning for handheld transmitters

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 225-228

  Sankey, Luke ^a   Popović, Zoya ^a  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenna mismatch; Double stub tuner; Impedance matching; Power amplifiers; Varactor tuners

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA MISMATCH; IMPEDANCE MATCHING; IMPEDANCE MATCHINGS; STUB TUNERS; VARACTOR TUNERS;

ALGORITHMS; ELECTRIC POWER MEASUREMENT; IMPEDANCE MATCHING (ELECTRIC); INSULATING MATERIALS; MICROWAVE ANTENNAS; MICROWAVES; POWER AMPLIFIERS; TUNING; VARACTORS;

TUNERS;

EID: 77950008031     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWSYM.2009.5165673     Document Type: Conference Paper

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