WE1A
RWS/PAS Joint Session

Wed, 21 Jan, 2009
8:00 am - 9:45 am

"Power Amplifiers"

WE2A
RWS/PAS Joint Session

Wed, 21 Jan, 2009
10:15 am - 12:00 pm

"Linearization"

WE3A
SiRF11 Joint

Wed, 21 Jan, 2009
1:30 pm - 3:15 pm

"Advanced Millimeter-wave ICs and Systems"

Session: WE1A RWS/PAS Joint
Location: Salon B
Session Title: "Power Amplifiers"
Chair: Jim Komiak, BAE Systems
Co-Chair: Ray Pengelly, Cree
8:00 am– 9:45 am

WE1A-1 – 8:05 am (Invited)

High Power Integration for RF Infrastructure Power Amplifiers

J. K. Jones
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., RF Division, Tempe, USA

WE1A-2 – 8:25 am

A 1-W, 800-MHz, Switch-mode CMOS RF Power Amplifier Using an On-Chip Transformer with Double Primary Sides

S. Shim, S. Hong
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Republic of Korea

WE1A-3 – 8:45 am (Student Paper Finalist)

A Multi-mode Power Amplifier for Enhanced PAE in Back-off Operation with Load Insensitive Architecture

B. Sogl (1,2), W. Thomann (1), J. Mueller (1), W. Bakalski (1), A. L. Scholtz (2)
(1) Infineon Technologies AG, Neubiberg, Germany
(2) Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria

WE1A-4 – 9:05 am

Optimized Delta Sigma Modulation for Class-S Power Amplifiers Based on GaN Switching Transistors

A. Samulak, G. Fischer, R. Weigel
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany

WE1A-5 – 9:25 am

Highly Efficient Feed-Forward Amplifier Employing a Harmonic Reaction Amplifier

Y. Suzuki (1), S. Narahashi (1), T. Nojima (2,1)
(1) NTT DoCoMo, Inc., Yokusuka, Japan
(2) Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

Session: WE2A RWS/PAS Joint
Location: Salon B
Session Title: "Linearization"
Chair: Joe Staudinger, Freescale Semiconductor
Co-Chair: Simon Wood, Cree
10:15 am to 12:00 pm

WE2A-1 – 10:20 am

A Novel WLAN Power Amplifier Adaptive Loop Based on Delta-Sigma Non-Linearity Control

L. Leyssenne1, E. Kerhervé1, Y. Deval1, N. Deltimple1, D. Belot2
(1) IMS Laboratory, Talence, France
(2) ST Microelectronics, Grenoble, France

WE2A-2 – 10:40 am

Identification of Frequency Dependent Memory Effects and the Linearization of a CMOS PA for Multiple Standards

N. Wolf (1), J. Mueller (2), H. Klar (1)
(1) Technical University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
(2) Infineon Technologies AG, Neubiberg, Germany

WE2A-3 – 11:00 am

An Intermodulation Products Generator for Predistortion of Base Station HPAs

M. X. Xiao, S. W. Cheung, T. I. Yuk,
The University of Hong Kong , Hong Kong , Hong Kong

WE2A-4 – 11:20 am

Digital Predistorters Sensitivity to Delay Alignment Resolution

O. Hammi (1), M. Younes (1), B. Vassilakis (2), F. M. Ghannouchi (1)
(1) Univ. of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
(2) Powerwave Technologies, Inc, Santa Ana, USA

WE2A-5 – 11:40 am

Minimizing Regenerative Distortion due to Nonlinear Amplification in RF Repeaters with Digital Echo Cancellation

R. N. Braithwaite
Powerwave Technologies, Santa Ana, USA

Session: WE3A - SiRF11 Joint
Location: Salon B
Session Title: "Advanced Millimeter-wave ICs and Systems"
Chair: Yi-Jan Emery Chen, National Taiwan University
Co-Chair: Chinchun Meng, National Chiao Tung University
1:30 pm– 3:15 pm

WE3A-1 – 1:35 pm (Invited)

Gilbert Mixers With Microwave Quadrature /Differential Generators: An Approach for Millimeter-Wave IC

C. Meng, S. Tseng
National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

WE3A-2 – 1:55 pm (Invinted)

60GHz CMOS Low Power Single Chip Radio: The Intersection Of Gaming and Connectivity

J. Laskar
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA

WE3A-3 – 2:15 pm (Invited)

High-Performance Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Phased Arrays Using CMOS and SiGe RFICs

G. M. Rebeiz
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, USA

WE3A-4 – 2:35 pm (Invited)

Recent Development of Millimeter-wave CMOS Monolithic Integrated Circuits

H. Wang
National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

WE3A-5 – 2:55 pm

60GHz Rotman Lens and New Compact Low Loss Delay Line using LTCC Technology

I. Song, J. Kim, D. Jung, K. Eun, J. Lee, S. Cho, H. Kim, J. Bang, I. Oh, C. Park
Information and Communications University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea