W-band, 5W solid-state power amplifier/combiner

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 240-243

  Schellenberg, James ^a   Watkins, Edward ^a   Micovic, Miroslav ^b   Kim, Bumjin ^a   Han, Kyu ^a  

^a QuinStar Technology Inc   (United States)

^b Hughes Aircraft Co   (United States)

Author keywords

GaN MMIC; Power amplifiers solid state; Radial line combiner; W band

Indexed keywords

COMBINING EFFICIENCY; CONDUCTOR LOSS; GAN MMIC; GHZ BAND; LOW LOSS; OUTPUT POWER; RADIAL-LINE COMBINER; SOLID STATE POWER AMPLIFIER; W-BAND; W-BAND FREQUENCIES;

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); GALLIUM ALLOYS; GALLIUM NITRIDE;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 77957778020     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWSYM.2010.5517616     Document Type: Conference Paper

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