Envelope Modulator & X-Band MMICs on Highly Integrated 3D Tunable Microcoax Substrate

2015 IEEE Compound Semiconductor Integrated Circuit Symposium, CSICS 2015

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages

  Kimball, D F ^a   Kazeimi, H ^b   Yan, J J ^a   Theilmann, P T ^a   Telleiz, I ^a   Collins, G ^a  

^a MaXentric Technologies   (United States)

^b Nuvotronics   (United States)

Author keywords

10GHz; component; efficiency; envelope tracking; gallium nitride; OFDMA; power amplifier; X band

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; EFFICIENCY; GALLIUM NITRIDE; MODULATORS; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; POWER AMPLIFIERS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

10GHZ; COMPONENT; ENVELOPE TRACKING; OFDMA; X BANDS;

FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS;

EID: 84962321492     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CSICS.2015.7314500     Document Type: Conference Paper

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