• DocumentCode
    2477451
  • Title

    RF power amplifiers for wireless communications

  • Author

    Weitzel, C.E.

  • Author_Institution
    Semicond. Products Sector, Motorola Inc., Tempe, AZ, USA
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    20-23 Oct. 2002
  • Firstpage
    127
  • Lastpage
    130
  • Abstract
    A wide variety of semiconductor devices are used in wireless power amplifiers. The RF performance and other attributes of cellphone RF power amplifiers using Si and GaAs based technologies are reviewed and compared.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; UHF power amplifiers; cellular radio; code division multiple access; elemental semiconductors; gallium arsenide; silicon; 1800 MHz; 1900 MHz; 800 MHz; 900 MHz; CDMA; DCS; GSM; GaAs; GaAs/Si cellphone RF power amplifiers; RF amplifier performance evaluation; Si; Si/GaAs based technologies; WCDMA; amplifier die size; wireless power amplifiers; GSM; Gallium arsenide; Germanium silicon alloys; Heterojunction bipolar transistors; Multiaccess communication; Power amplifiers; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency amplifiers; Silicon germanium; Wireless communication;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Gallium Arsenide Integrated Circuit (GaAs IC) Symposium, 2002. 24th Annual Technical Digest
  • Conference_Location
    Monterey, California, USA
  • ISSN
    1064-7775
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7447-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/GAAS.2002.1049044
  • Filename
    1049044