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A compact octave tunable switched-power-combining PA

Khater et al., 2021

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1916816438445300462
Author
Khater M
Wu Y
Abdelfattah M
Peroulis D
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IEEE Access

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This paper presents a switched-power-combining RF power amplifier (PA) architecture, using evanescent-mode resonators as input splitters and output combiners. The input resonator also provides proper input matching to the transistor, eliminating the need for an …
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