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A wideband mm-wave watt-level spatial power-combined power amplifier with 26% PAE in SiGe BiCMOS technology

Roev et al., 2022

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4144925758244008244
Author
Roev A
Qureshi J
Geurts M
Maaskant R
Matters-Kammerer M
Ivashina M
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IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

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We present a wideband watt-level power amplifier (PA) for the-band designed and implemented in the 0.25-SiGe: C BiCMOS technology. The core of the design is a chip with multiple custom PA unit cells (PA-cells), which are interfaced with a power combiner placed …
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