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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium Digest, 2003 IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7695-1
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.2003.1210491
