A distributed active transformer coupled outphasing power combiner

APMC 2009 - Asia Pacific Microwave Conference 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 2565-2568

  Zhou, Yijun ^a   Chia, Michael Yan Wah ^a   Ang, Chiew Kok ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR INFOCOMM RESEARCH   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

900 MHZ; COMPACT SIZE; DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE TRANSFORMERS; FULLY INTEGRATED; IMPEDANCE TRANSFORMERS; LOW LOSS; OUTPHASING; POWER COMBINER;

MICROWAVES;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 77950654911     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/APMC.2009.5385232     Document Type: Conference Paper

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