Keywords

antenna phased arrays; BiCMOS integrated circuits; Ge-Si alloys; multiplexing equipment; mean square error methods; satellite antennas; telecommunication power management; low-power electronics; energy conservation; power consumption; microwave antenna arrays; millimetre wave antenna arrays; MMIC power amplifiers; phase control; full-duplex front-end; BiCMOS process; integrated circuit; transmit channels; RF channel; bias currents; active channels; power amplifier operation mode; serial bus; transmit mode; Doherty power amplifier; dynamic adaptive bias circuit; power efficiency; K-Ka-band phased array front-end; DC array power consumption; amplitude-phase root-mean-square errors; amplitude control; satellite communication; power 81; 0 mW; power 15; 5 mW; frequency 29; 5 GHz to 30; 8 GHz; frequency 19; 7 GHz to 21; 0 GHz; size 0; 25 mum; noise figure 3; 2 dB; gain 37; 3 dB; gain 33; 7 dB; SiGe:C; AMPLIFIERS; OPERATION; CIRCUIT