High efficiency transmitter front-ends integrated with planar antennas and PBG

@inproceedings{citeulike:2782065, abstract = {In this paper, we present two novel design architectures that utilizing either a periodic structure or an active integrated antenna (AIA) for harmonic tuning in transmitter front-end designs. These techniques promise to significantly improve the power amplifier efficiency, reduce losses and weight, as well as maintaining good linearity requirements of advanced wireless communication systems. We will illustrate these two concepts through several design examples that have been developed recently, including a power amplifier integrated with novel PBG ground plane for harmonic tuning and four push-pull PA design examples, where the AIA concept is implemented to allow antenna to serve as a power combiner, a harmonic tuning load, in addition to its original functionality as a radiating element}, author = {Hang, C. Y. and Deal, W. R. and Qian, Yongxi and Itoh, T. }, booktitle = {Microwave Conference, 2000 Asia-Pacific}, citeulike-article-id = {2782065}, doi = {10.1109/APMC.2000.925972}, journal = {Microwave Conference, 2000 Asia-Pacific}, keywords = {antenna, efficiency, front-end, high, integrated, pbg, planar, transmitter}, pages = {888--894}, posted-at = {2008-05-10 01:03:58}, priority = {2}, title = {High efficiency transmitter front-ends integrated with planar antennas and PBG}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/APMC.2000.925972}, year = {2000} }

TY - CONF ID - citeulike:2782065 TI - High efficiency transmitter front-ends integrated with planar antennas and PBG T2 - Microwave Conference, 2000 Asia-Pacific JF - Microwave Conference, 2000 Asia-Pacific SP - 888 EP - 894 N2 - In this paper, we present two novel design architectures that utilizing either a periodic structure or an active integrated antenna (AIA) for harmonic tuning in transmitter front-end designs. These techniques promise to significantly improve the power amplifier efficiency, reduce losses and weight, as well as maintaining good linearity requirements of advanced wireless communication systems. We will illustrate these two concepts through several design examples that have been developed recently, including a power amplifier integrated with novel PBG ground plane for harmonic tuning and four push-pull PA design examples, where the AIA concept is implemented to allow antenna to serve as a power combiner, a harmonic tuning load, in addition to its original functionality as a radiating element KW - antenna KW - efficiency KW - front-end KW - high KW - integrated KW - pbg KW - planar KW - transmitter AU - Hang, CY AU - Deal, WR AU - Qian, Yongxi AU - Itoh, T PY - 2000/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/APMC.2000.925972 ER -