Morten Olavsbråten
About
Publications
2018
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Duffy, Maxwell R;
Lasser, Gregor;
Olavsbråten, Morten;
Berry, Eric;
Popovic, Zoya.
(2018)
Efficient Multisignal 2–4-GHz Power Amplifier With Power Tracking.
IEEE transactions on microwave theory and techniques.
volum 66 (12).
Academic article
2017
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Duffy, Maxwell R;
Lasser, Gregor;
Vance, Jason;
Olavsbråten, Morten;
Barton, Taylor;
Popovic, Zoya.
(2017)
Bandwidth-reduced supply modulation of a high-efficiency X-band GaN MMIC PA for multiple wideband signals.
IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest.
Academic article
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Olavsbråten, Morten;
Gecan, Dragan.
(2017)
Bandwidth Reduction for Supply Modulated RF PAs Using Power Envelope Tracking.
IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters.
volum 27 (4).
Academic article
2016
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Gecan, Dragan;
Gjertsen, Karl Martin;
Olavsbråten, Morten.
(2016)
Novel metric describing total nonlinearity of Power amplifier with a corresponding figure of merit for linearity evaluation and optimization.
IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters.
volum 27 (1).
Academic article
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Gecan, Dragan;
Olavsbråten, Morten;
Gjertsen, Karl Martin.
(2016)
Measured linearity improvement of 10 W GaN HEMT PA with dynamic gate biasing technique for flat transfer phase.
IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest.
volum 2016-August.
Academic article
2008
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Olavsbråten, Morten;
O'droma, Mairtin.
(2008)
Aspects of system simulation.
RF Power Amplifier Behavioral Modeling.
Academic chapter/article
2006
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Olavsbråten, Morten;
Cidronali, Alessandro;
Donati Guerrieri, S.;
Camarchia, Vittorio;
Pirola, Marco;
Kavlak, C.;
Tekin, I.;
Gurbuz, Yasar;
Aamo, Kjell Olav;
Mathiesen, Terje;
Ubostad, Marius;
Safari, Nima.
(2006)
Chapter 7: PA Model Simulation Aspects; Final Deliverable Report in Work Package 2.2.E.2 “Amplifier Modelling”.
2006.
Report
2005
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Olavsbråten, Morten.
(2005)
Chapter 11: Thermal issues; Final Deliverable Report in Work Package 2.2.D.1 “Power Amplifier Design Overview”.
2005.
Report
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Olavsbråten, Morten;
Meazza, Andrea;
Luger, Jochen;
Camarchia, Vittorio;
Hammer, Mikael;
Mathiesen, Terje;
Aamo, Kjell Olav.
(2005)
Chapter 7: Various Other Linearisation Techniques; Final deliverable in Work Package 2.2.E.1 “Linearisation Evaluation Map".
2005.
Report
2003
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Olavsbråten, Morten.
(2003)
Practical Thermal and Electrical Parameter Extraction Methods for Modelling HBT�s, and their Applications in Power Amplifiers.
2003. ISBN 82-471-5568-0.
PhD thesis
1997
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Olavsbråten, Morten.
(1997)
HBT Models and Measurements; SINTEF Memo.
1997.
Report
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Olavsbråten, Morten.
(1997)
Power-measurements of Sirius and Tele-X; SINTEF Memo.
1997.
Report
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Olavsbråten, Morten.
(1997)
Wireless surveillance equipment for hospitals; SINTEF Report.
1997.
Report
1996
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Olavsbråten, Morten.
(1996)
GSM ASIC system assistance; SINTEF Report.
1996.
Report
Scientific articles
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Duffy, Maxwell R;
Lasser, Gregor;
Olavsbråten, Morten;
Berry, Eric;
Popovic, Zoya.
(2018)
Efficient Multisignal 2–4-GHz Power Amplifier With Power Tracking.
IEEE transactions on microwave theory and techniques.
volum 66 (12).
Academic article
-
Duffy, Maxwell R;
Lasser, Gregor;
Vance, Jason;
Olavsbråten, Morten;
Barton, Taylor;
Popovic, Zoya.
(2017)
Bandwidth-reduced supply modulation of a high-efficiency X-band GaN MMIC PA for multiple wideband signals.
IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest.
Academic article
-
Olavsbråten, Morten;
Gecan, Dragan.
(2017)
Bandwidth Reduction for Supply Modulated RF PAs Using Power Envelope Tracking.
IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters.
volum 27 (4).
Academic article
-
Gecan, Dragan;
Gjertsen, Karl Martin;
Olavsbråten, Morten.
(2016)
Novel metric describing total nonlinearity of Power amplifier with a corresponding figure of merit for linearity evaluation and optimization.
IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters.
volum 27 (1).
Academic article
-
Gecan, Dragan;
Olavsbråten, Morten;
Gjertsen, Karl Martin.
(2016)
Measured linearity improvement of 10 W GaN HEMT PA with dynamic gate biasing technique for flat transfer phase.
IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest.
volum 2016-August.
Academic article
Part of book/report
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Olavsbråten, Morten;
O'droma, Mairtin.
(2008)
Aspects of system simulation.
RF Power Amplifier Behavioral Modeling.
Academic chapter/article
Report
-
Olavsbråten, Morten;
Cidronali, Alessandro;
Donati Guerrieri, S.;
Camarchia, Vittorio;
Pirola, Marco;
Kavlak, C.;
Tekin, I.;
Gurbuz, Yasar;
Aamo, Kjell Olav;
Mathiesen, Terje;
Ubostad, Marius;
Safari, Nima.
(2006)
Chapter 7: PA Model Simulation Aspects; Final Deliverable Report in Work Package 2.2.E.2 “Amplifier Modelling”.
2006.
Report
-
Olavsbråten, Morten.
(2005)
Chapter 11: Thermal issues; Final Deliverable Report in Work Package 2.2.D.1 “Power Amplifier Design Overview”.
2005.
Report
-
Olavsbråten, Morten;
Meazza, Andrea;
Luger, Jochen;
Camarchia, Vittorio;
Hammer, Mikael;
Mathiesen, Terje;
Aamo, Kjell Olav.
(2005)
Chapter 7: Various Other Linearisation Techniques; Final deliverable in Work Package 2.2.E.1 “Linearisation Evaluation Map".
2005.
Report
-
Olavsbråten, Morten.
(2003)
Practical Thermal and Electrical Parameter Extraction Methods for Modelling HBT�s, and their Applications in Power Amplifiers.
2003. ISBN 82-471-5568-0.
PhD thesis
-
Olavsbråten, Morten.
(1997)
HBT Models and Measurements; SINTEF Memo.
1997.
Report
-
Olavsbråten, Morten.
(1997)
Power-measurements of Sirius and Tele-X; SINTEF Memo.
1997.
Report
-
Olavsbråten, Morten.
(1997)
Wireless surveillance equipment for hospitals; SINTEF Report.
1997.
Report
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Olavsbråten, Morten.
(1996)
GSM ASIC system assistance; SINTEF Report.
1996.
Report
Teaching
Courses
- FE8122 - PhD Seminar in Circuit and Radio Systems Design
- TFE4595 - Electronic Systems Design, Specialization Course
- TFE4590 - Electronic Systems Design, Specialization Project
- TTT4145 - Radio Communications
- TTT4201 - Radio System Design and RF/Microwave Measurement Techniques
- FE8150 - Nonlinear Modelling and Remote Sensing
- TFE4130 - Electromagnetic and Acoustic Waves
- TFE4580 - Electronic Systems Design and Innovation, Specialization Project
Media
2018
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Academic lectureOlavsbråten, Morten; Gecan, Dragan. (2018) Bandwidth reduction techniques for the Supply Modulated RFPAs (ET) usable for wideband- and multicarrier signals. Invited talk at Cardiff University . School of Engineering, Cardiff University; Cardiff. 2018-06-29 - 2018-06-29.
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Academic lectureOlavsbråten, Morten; Gecan, Dragan. (2018) Linearity and efficiency enhancement of GaN PAs using bandwidth reduced dynamic gate and drain supply modulation (PET). 2018 IEEE 19th Wireless and Microwave Technology Conference (WAMICON) . IEEE; Florida. 2018-04-09 - 2018-04-10.
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Academic lectureOlavsbråten, Morten; Gecan, Dragan. (2018) New Signal to Total Distortion Ratio FOM for PAs, and supply modulator bandwidth reduction for ET GaN PAs. Invited talk at MC2, Chalmers . MC2, Chalmers; Gøteborg. 2018-06-04 - 2018-06-04.
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Academic lectureOlavsbråten, Morten; Gecan, Dragan; Gjertsen, Karl Martin. (2018) Novel total nonlinear distortion measure and a new Signal to Total Distortion Ratio FOM for evaluation and optimization of PAs and linearization techniques. Invited talk at Cardiff University . School of Engineering, Cardiff University; Cardiff. 2018-06-29 - 2018-06-29.
2017
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Academic lectureDuffy, Maxwell; Lasser, Gregor; Vance, Jason; Olavsbråten, Morten; Barton, Taylor; Popovic, Zoya. (2017) Bandwidth-reduced supply modulation of a high-efficiency X-band GaN MMIC PA for multiple wideband signals. 2017 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS) . IEEE; Hawaii. 2017-06-04 - 2017-06-09.
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Academic lectureGecan, Dragan; Olavsbråten, Morten; Gjertsen, Karl Martin. (2017) Auxiliary Power Tracking Technique for Linearity Improvement of a 10 W GaN HEMT PA with and without Power Gate Tracking. Radio Wireless Week ; 2017-01-15 - 2017-01-18.
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Academic lectureLasser, Gregor; Duffy, Maxwell; Olavsbråten, Morten; Popovic, Zoya. (2017) Gate control of a two-stage GaN MMIC amplifier for amplitude and phase linearization. Wireless and Microwave Technology Conference (WAMICON), 2017 IEEE 18th . IEEE; Florida. 2017-04-24 - 2017-04-25.
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Academic lectureOlavsbråten, Morten. (2017) A novel Load Modulated Envelope Tracking PA technique. 2017 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS) . IEEE; Hawaii. 2017-06-05 - 2017-06-05.
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Academic lectureOlavsbråten, Morten; Gecan, Dragan. (2017) A New bandwidth reduction technique for the supply modulator in ET. IEEE Seminar, Colorado Chapter . IEEE Colorado; Boulder, CO. 2017-07-26 - 2017-07-26.
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Academic lectureOlavsbråten, Morten; Gecan, Dragan. (2017) Novel total nonlinear distortion measure and a new Signal to Total Distortion Ratio FOM for evaluation and optimization. IEEE Seminar, Colorado Chapter . IEEE Colorado; Boulder, CO. 2017-07-26 - 2017-07-26.
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Academic lectureOlavsbråten, Morten; Gecan, Dragan; Duffy, Maxwell; Lasser, Gregor; Popovic, Zoya. (2017) Efficiency enhancement and linearization of GaN PAs using reduced-bandwidth supply modulation. 2017 47th European Microwave Conference (EuMC) . IEEE; Nurnberg. 2017-10-10 - 2017-10-12.
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Academic lectureOlavsbråten, Morten; Gecan, Dragan; Gjertsen, Karl M. (2017) New Signal to Total Distortion Ratio FOM for PAs, and supply modulator bandwidth reduction for ET GaN PAs. Seminar at Keysight Technologies . Keysight Technologies; Santa Rosa. 2017-06-29 - 2017-06-29.
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Academic lectureOlavsbråten, Morten; Gecan, Dragan; Gjertsen, Karl M. (2017) New Signal to Total Distortion Ratio FOM for PAs, and supply modulator bandwidth reduction for ET GaN PAs. Seminar at Qualcomm . Qualcomm; San Diego. 2017-06-26 - 2017-06-26.
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Academic lectureOlavsbråten, Morten; Mathiesen, Terje; Berry, Eric. (2017) Design of an efficient wideband (1–5GHz) 10W PA in GaN technology using harmonic tuning. Wireless and Microwave Technology Conference (WAMICON), 2017 IEEE 18th . IEEE; Florida. 2017-04-24 - 2017-04-25.
2016
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Academic lectureGecan, Dragan; Olavsbråten, Morten; Gjertsen, Karl M.. (2016) Comprehensive Investigation of a Dynamic Gate Biasing Technique for Linearity Improvement Based on Measurement of a 10 W GaN HEMT Power Amplifier. 24th Telecommunications forum TELFOR 2016 ; 2016-11-22 - 2016-11-23.
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Academic lectureGecan, Dragan; Olavsbråten, Morten; Gjertsen, Karl M.. (2016) Investigation of the Gate Bias Voltage Influence on Linearity Performance of the ET and AET 10 W GaN HEMT PAs. 24th Telecommunications forum TELFOR ; 2016-11-22 - 2016-11-23.
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LectureGecan, Dragan; Olavsbråten, Morten; Gjertsen, Karl Martin. (2016) Investigation of Linearity Improvement with Dynamic Gate Bias Technique for Flat Gain or Phase of an 10 W GaN HEMT Power Amplifier. ICWITS/ACES . ACES; Honolulu. 2016-03-13 - 2016-03-17.
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PosterGecan, Dragan; Olavsbråten, Morten; Gjertsen, Karl Martin. (2016) Investigation of the Practical Output Load Impedance Sensitivity of a 10 W GaN Device Subjected to Gate Bias Variation. Radio and Wireless Week . IEEE; Austin, TX. 2016-01-15 - 2016-01-18.
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LectureGecan, Dragan; Olavsbråten, Morten; Gjertsen, Karl Martin. (2016) Measured Linearity Improvement of 10 W GaN HEMT PA with Dynamic Gate Biasing Technique for Flat Transfer Phase. IMS . IEEE; San Francisco. 2016-07-22 - 2016-07-27.
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Academic lectureOlavsbråten, Morten. (2016) Efficiency and linearity issues in design of efficient wideband PA's based on class F/inverse F. 88 th ARFTG Microwave Measurement Symposium . ARFTG; Austin, TX. 2016-12-06 - 2016-12-09.
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Academic lectureOlavsbråten, Morten. (2016) Gate Tracking & Power Envelope Tracking - What? Why? How?. Group Meeting at University of Colorado at Boulder . University of Colorado at Boulder; Boulder. 2016-09-13 - 2016-09-13.
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Academic lectureOlavsbråten, Morten. (2016) PA-Activities at NTNU. Group Meeting at University of Colorado at Boulder . University of Colorado at Boulder; Boulder. 2016-09-06 - 2016-09-06.
2015
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Academic lectureOlavsbråten, Morten. (2015) Circuit and Radio Systems Group at NTNU. Group Meeting at University of Colorado at Boulder . University of Colorado at Boulder; Boulder. 2015-02-02 - 2015-02-02.
2012
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Academic lectureMiranda Medina, Juan Filipe; Gjertsen, Karl M; Olavsbråten, Morten. (2012) Optimization theory applied to dynamic biasing for power amplifier performance enhancement. Power Amplifiers for Wireless and Radio Applications (PAWR), 2012 IEEE Topical Conference on . IEEE; 2012-01-15 - 2012-01-18.
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Academic lectureMiranda Medina, Juan Filipe; Olavsbråten, Morten; Gjertsen, Karl M. (2012) Biasing an HBT MMIC transistor for efficiency and output power enhancement. 2012 Workshop on Integrated Nonlinear Microwave and Millimetre-Wave Circuits (INMMIC) . IEEE; 2012-09-03 - 2012-09-04.
2010
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Academic lectureMiranda Medina, Juan Filipe; Olavsbråten, Morten. (2010) Dynamic Biasing for Linear and Efficient Microwave Amplification. IEEE Topical Symposium on Power Amplifiers for Wireless Communications . IEEE; Arizona. 2010-09-13 - 2010-09-14.
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Academic lectureMiranda Medina, Juan Filipe; Olavsbråten, Morten. (2010) Dynamic Biasing for class A/AB Power Amplifiers. 4th MC Meeting and Workshop of COST IC0803 . COST IC0803; Aveiro. 2010-02-24 - 2010-02-25.
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Academic lectureMiranda Medina, Juan Filipe; Olavsbråten, Morten; Gjertsen, Karl M. (2010) First and second order polynomial functions for bandwidth reduction of dynamic biasing signals. Wireless Information Technology and Systems (ICWITS), 2010 IEEE International Conference on . IEEE; 2010-08-28 - 2010-09-03.
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Academic lectureOlavsbråten, Morten. (2010) NVNA activities at NTNU. NVNA User Forum . NVNA User Forum; Paris. 2010-09-29 - 2010-09-29.
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Academic lectureOlavsbråten, Morten; Ubostad, Marius; Mogstad, Einar. (2010) Transistor Output Parasitics and Intrinsic Waveforms Estimation by Time-domain Waveform Measurements and Load-Pull. IEEE Topical Symposium on Power Amplifiers for Wireless Communications . IEEE; 2010-09-13 - 2010-09-14.
2009
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Academic lectureCaharija, Walter; Miranda Medina, Juan Filipe; Olavsbråten, Morten; Gjertsen, Karl M. (2009) A cost-based path search algorithm for enhanced design with Dynamic Bias. 17th Telecommunications forum TELFOR . TELECOMMUNICATIONS SOCIETY - TS, Belgrade; Belgrade, Serbia. 2009-11-24 - 2009-11-26.
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Academic lectureMiranda Medina, Juan Filipe; Caharija, Walter; Olavsbråten, Morten; Gjertsen, Karl M. (2009) Dual Dynamic Biasing with Input Power Pre compensation for Class-A/AB enhancement. 17th Telecommunications forum TELFOR . TELECOMMUNICATIONS SOCIETY - TS, Belgrade; Belgrade, Serbia. 2009-11-24 - 2009-11-26.
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Academic lectureTyppo, Jukka Tapio; Olavsbråten, Morten. (2009) A New Inverse Class E Power Amplifier Topology. IEEE Topical Symposium on Power Amplifiers for Wireless Communications . IEEE; San Diego, California. 2009-01-19 - 2009-01-20.
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Academic lectureUbostad, Marius; Olavsbråten, Morten. (2009) A Testbench for Analysis of Bias Network Effects in an RF Power Amplifier with DPD. IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium ; San Diego, California. 2009-01-18 - 2009-01-22.
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PosterUbostad, Marius; Olavsbråten, Morten. (2009) Analysis of an RF Power Amplifier for Envelope Tracking based on load-pull Data. 74th ARFTG Microwave Measurement Conference . ARFTG; Broomfield/Boulder, Colorado. 2009-12-01 - 2009-12-04.
2008
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Academic lectureSafari, Nima; Olavsbråten, Morten; Røste, Terje. (2008) On the Optimization of Biasing Points in a Digitally-Linearized Power Amplifier. European Microwave Conference ; Amsterdam. 2008-10-27 - 2008-10-31.
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Academic lectureUbostad, Marius; Safari, Nima; Olavsbråten, Morten. (2008) Measurement Setup for Design of RF Power Amplifier with Digital Predistortion. WSEAS Conference in Trondheim . WSEAS; Trondheim. 2008-07-02 - 2008-07-04.
2007
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Academic lectureUbostad, Marius; Olavsbråten, Morten. (2007) Active Bias Circuit used for Linearity Improvement in an HBT Power Amplifier. IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium . IEEE; Long Beach, California. 2007-01-09 - 2007-01-11.
2006
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Popular scientific lectureOlavsbråten, Morten. (2006) Power Amplifiers. Nera SatCom Seminarserie . Nera SatCom; Billingstad. 2006-03-22.
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Popular scientific lectureOlavsbråten, Morten; Jensen, Øystein. (2006) Research Projects (WIWIC / WIWIC II / TARGET & Class F PA design). Nera SatCom Fagmøte . Nera SatCom; Billingstad. 2006-03-22.
2004
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Popular scientific lectureOlavsbråten, Morten. (2004) NTNU – Dept of electronics and telecommunication: Microwave activities. NoE TARGET (IST-1-507893-NOE) WP 2.2.E.2 Meeting . NoE TARGET (IST-1-507893-NOE) WP 2.2.E.2; London. 2004-12-15.
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Popular scientific lectureOlavsbråten, Morten. (2004) WIWIC / WIWIC II & an Introduction to Power Amplifier Efficiency. CUBAN seminar . Institutt for elektronikk og telekommunikasjon; Trondheim. 2004-03-25.
2003
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PosterOlavsbråten, Morten; Indresæter, Lars. (2003) A Low Cost Temperature-Controlled Chuck for a Cascade Probestation. 61st ARFTG Conference Digest, IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Week, 2003 . [Mangler data]; Philladelphia. 2003-06-06.
2002
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Academic lectureOlavsbråten, Morten. (2002) A Simple Practical Technique for Estimating the Junction Temperature and the Thermal Resistance of a GaAs HBT. IMS 2002, IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium . [Mangler data]; Seattle, USA. 2002-06-07.
2001
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Academic lectureOlavsbråten, Morten. (2001) Parameter Extraction and Evaluation of the Bias Dependence of Tf, for the VBIC Model used on a GaAs HBT. GAAS 2001, The European Gallium Arsenide and related III-V Compounds Application Symposium, 2001 . [Mangler data]; London, UK. 2001-09-25.
2000
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Academic lectureOlavsbråten, Morten. (2000) A Practical Method of Parameter Extraction for the VBIC Model used on a GaAs HBT. GAAS2000 - Gallium Arsenide & Other Semiconductors Application Symposium . [Mangler data]; 2nd - 3rd October 2000. 2000-10-02.
1997
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Popular scientific lectureOlavsbråten, Morten. (1997) Active antenna system for a METEOSAT receiver. 3rd ASIC in RFS Systems Seminar . [Mangler data]; Trondheim.