• DocumentCode
    1626298
  • Title

    Harmonic load/source pull strategies for high efficiency PAs design

  • Author

    Colantonio, P. ; Ferrero, A. ; Giannini, F. ; Limiti, E. ; Teppati, V.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. Eng., Univ. di Roma, Italy
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2003
  • Firstpage
    1807
  • Abstract
    An advanced load/source pull bench has been used in conjunction with harmonic tuning techniques for accurate and effective power amplifier design. The optimization strategy is presented together with the measured results obtained with a medium power 1-mm MESFET.
  • Keywords
    MESFET integrated circuits; MMIC power amplifiers; circuit optimisation; circuit tuning; field effect MMIC; MESFET; harmonic load/source pull strategies; harmonic tuning techniques; high efficiency PAs; optimization strategy; power amplifier design; Calibration; Design engineering; Harmonic analysis; Performance evaluation; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Power measurement; Power system harmonics; Testing; Time measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Symposium Digest, 2003 IEEE MTT-S International
  • Conference_Location
    Philadelphia, PA, USA
  • ISSN
    0149-645X
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7695-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MWSYM.2003.1210491
  • Filename
    1210491