Achievements of European Research Cooperation on Microwave Amplifiers in the TARGET Network

Author

Magerl, Gottfried ; Brazil, Thomas J.

Author_Institution

Vienna Univ. of Technol.

fYear

2006

fDate

4-5 Dec. 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

A remarkably extensive cooperation involving most of the major organizations involved in microwave amplifier research in Europe reaches its third birthday at the end of 2006. This "network of excellence" called TARGET is co-funded by the European Commission and aims to create a new culture of cooperation and synergy within the power amplifier domain in Europe. The expected benefits include greater efficiency, efficiencies of scale through avoiding duplication and the achievement of a large critical mass. This paper reviews the achievements of TARGET and the extent to which it is fulfilling its initial objectives.

Keywords

international collaboration; microwave amplifiers; European research cooperation; TARGET network; microwave amplifiers; network of excellence; Educational institutions; Europe; Laboratories; Microwave amplifiers; Microwave technology; Organizing; Power amplifiers; Semiconductor materials; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Technical activities;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless and Microwave Technology Conference, 2006. WAMICON '06. IEEE Annual

Conference_Location

Clearwater Beach, FL

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0849-0

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0849-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WAMICON.2006.351921

Filename

4161083