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Harvey,Jr. Formerlyofthe field artillery The caissons gorolling along ... JamesHarvey CONTRIBUTORS PeterM.Asbeck, DepartmentofElectricalandComputerEngineering,University ofCalifornia—SanDiego,9500 Gilman Drive,LaJolla, CA 92093-0407 Alexander Balandin, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of California—Riverside,3401 Watkins Drive,Riverside,CA 92521-0403 AndrewR.Brown, DepartmentofElectricalEngineeringandComputerScience, TheUniversityofMichigan,2105LurieEngineeringCenter,1221BealAvenue, Ann Arbor,MI 48109-2122 M. Frank Chang, Device Research Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of California—Los Angeles, 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles,CA 90095-1594 WilliamR.Deal, MalibuNetworks,Inc.,26637AgouraRoad,Calabasas,CA91302 JackEast, DepartmentofElectricalEngineeringandComputerScience,University ofMichigan,2105LurieEngineeringCenter,1221BealAvenue,AnnArbor,MI 48109-2122 George I. Haddad, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan, 2105 Lurie Engineering Center, 1221 Beal Avenue, Ann Arbor,MI 48109-2122 JamesF.Harvey, U.S.ArmyResearchOffice,P.O.Box12211,ResearchTriangle Park, NC27709-2211 Tatsuo Itoh, Device Research Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of California—Los Angeles, 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA90095-1594 vii viii CONTRIBUTORS LindaP.B.Katehi, DepartmentofElectricalEngineeringandComputerScience, UniversityofMichigan,2105LurieEngineeringCenter,1221BealAvenue,Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2122 LarryLarson, DepartmentofElectricalandComputerEngineering,Universityof California—San Diego,9500 Gilman Drive,La Jolla, CA92093-0407 LarryMilstein, DepartmentofElectricalandComputerEngineering,Universityof California—San Diego,9500 Gilman Drive,La Jolla, CA92093-0407 ClarkT.-C.Nguyen, CenterforIntegratedMicrosystems,DepartmentofElectrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2122 Sergio P. Pacheco, Radiation Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering andComputerScience, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2122 Dimitris Pavlidis, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, UniversityofMichigan,2105LurieEngineeringCenter,1221BealAvenue,Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2122 Zoya Popovic, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Colorado, CampusBox 425,Boulder, CO 80309-0425 YongxiQian, DeviceResearchLaboratory,DepartmentofElectricalEngineering, University of California—Los Angeles, 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90095–1594 VesnaRadisic, HRLLaboratories,3011MalibuCanyonRoad,Malibu,CA90265- 4799 GabrielM.Rebeiz, DepartmentofElectricalEngineeringandComputerScience, UniversityofMichigan,2105LurieEngineeringCenter,1221BealAvenue,Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2122 Donald Sawdai, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, UniversityofMichigan,2105LurieEngineeringCenter,1221BealAvenue,Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2122 Wayne Stark, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, UniversityofMichigan,2105LurieEngineeringCenter,1221BealAvenue,Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2122 Robert J. Trew, U.S. Department of Defense, 4015 Wilson, Suite 209, Arlington, VA22203 Kang L. Wang, Device Research Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineer- ing, University of California—Los Angeles, 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA90095-1594 Dwight L. Woolard, U.S. Army Research Office, P.O. Box 12211, Research Triangle Part, NC 27709–2211 CONTENTS Introduction 1 JamesF.Harvey, Robert J.Trew, and Dwight L. Woolard 1 Wireless CommunicationsSystemArchitectureand Performance 9 Wayne Stark andLarry Milstein 2 Advanced GaAs-Based HBT Designs for Wireless Communications Systems 39 M.FrankChangand PeterM. Asbeck 3 InP-Based Devicesand Circuits 79 Dimitris Pavlidis, DonaldSawdai, and George I.Haddad 4 Si/SiGeHBT Technology forLow-PowerMobile Communications System Applications 125 Larry Larson and M. FrankChang 5 Flicker Noise Reduction in GaNField-Effect Transistors 159 Kang L. Wang and AlexanderBalandin 6 PowerAmplifier Approaches forHigh Efficiency and Linearity 189 PeterM. Asbeck,Zoya Popovic, Tatsuo Itoh,and Larry Larson 7 CharacterizationofAmplifierNonlinearitiesand Their Effects inCommunicationsSystems 229 JackEast, Wayne Stark, and GeorgeI. Haddad ix x CONTENTS 8 Planar-Oriented PassiveComponents 265 Yongxi Qian andTatsuo Itoh 9 Activeand High-Performance Antennas 305 William R. Deal, Vesna Radisic, Yongxi Qian,and Tatsuo Itoh 10 Microelectromechanical Switchesfor RFApplications 349 Sergio P.Pachecoand Linda P. B. Katehi 11 Micromachined K-Band High-Q Resonators,Filters, and Low Phase Noise Oscillators 383 AndrewR. Brown andGabrielM. Rebeiz 12 Transceiver Front-End ArchitecturesUsingVibrating Micromechanical Signal Processors 411 Clark T.-C. Nguyen Index 463 RF TECHNOLOGIES FOR LOW POWER WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS