Adaptive RF power amplifier tuned with ferroelectric BST varactor

Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 999-1002

  Zhang, Yulan ^a   Kalkur, T S ^a  

^a University of Colorado at Colorado Springs   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

900 MHZ; ADAPTIVE MATCHING NETWORK; BIAS VARIATION; CLASS A; INPUT AND OUTPUTS; MAXIMUM OUTPUT POWER; POWER LEVELS; REDUCED COST; RF AMPLIFIERS; RF COMPONENTS; RF POWER AMPLIFIERS; SYSTEM FUNCTIONALITY; TIO; TUNABLE CAPACITORS; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM;

BARIUM; BARIUM TITANATE; COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC LOAD FORECASTING; ELECTROMAGNETISM; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; FREQUENCY BANDS; GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; POWER AMPLIFIERS; STRONTIUM; STRONTIUM TITANATES; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

BARIUM STRONTIUM TITANATE;

EID: 84055183378     PISSN: 15599450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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