Electronics Research Laboratory
Dept. of Microelectronics

Marco Pelk

Publications

  1. A 90W High-Efficiency Four-Way Doherty Power Amplifier with 37.8% Fractional Bandwidth over a 15 dB Power Back-Off Range
    Zhou, Lei; Liu, Lianbo; Pelk, Marco; Qureshi, Abdul Raheem; de Vreede, Leo C.N.;
    In 2025 IEEE/MTT-S International Microwave Symposium - IMS 2025,
    pp. 53-56, 2025. DOI: 10.1109/IMS40360.2025.11103877
    Keywords: ... Radio frequency;Power measurement;Transmitters;Spectral efficiency;Power amplifiers;Distance measurement;Microwave amplifiers;Power generation;Wideband;Next generation networking;Doherty;power amplifier;N-way DPA;fractional bandwidth;efficiency;power back-off;GaN;mixed-signal.

  2. Efficiency and Linearity of Digital "Class-C Like" Transmitters
    Mul, Dieuwert P.N.; Bootsman, Rob J.; Bruinsma, Quinten; Shen, Yiyu; Krause, Sebastian; Quay, Rüdiger; Pelk, Marco J.; van Rijs, Fred; Heeres, Rob M.; Pires, Sergio; Alavi, Morteza; de Vreede, Leo C.N.;
    In 2020 50th European Microwave Conference (EuMC),
    pp. 1-4, 2021. DOI: 10.23919/EuMC48046.2021.9338122
    Keywords: ... Transmitters;Impedance matching;Power amplifiers;Linearity;Energy efficiency;Power generation;Next generation networking;Class-C;digital transmitter;efficiency;linearity;LDMOS;CMOS RFIC;polar transmitter;RFDAC;digital power amplifier.

  3. A linearization technique for bipolar amplifiers based on derivative superposition
    D'Avino, M.; van der Meulen, J.M.M; Malotaux, E.S.; Pelk, M.; de Vreede, L.C.N.; Groenewegen, M.W.A.; Mattheijssen, P.; van der Heijden, M.P.;
    In 2017 IEEE Bipolar/BiCMOS Circuits and Technology Meeting (BCTM),
    pp. 13-16, 2017. DOI: 10.1109/BCTM.2017.8112901
    Keywords: ... Linearity;Baseband;Linearization techniques;Harmonic analysis;Power amplifiers;Capacitance;Sensitivity;Intermodulation distortion;power amplifiers;linearity;bipolar transistors.

  4. Silicon-Filled Rectangular Waveguides and Frequency Scanning Antennas for mm-Wave Integrated Systems
    Gentile, Gennaro; Jovanović, Vladimir; Pelk, Marco J.; Jiang, Lai; Dekker, Ronald; de Graaf, P.; Rejaei, Behzad; de Vreede, Leo C. N.; Nanver, Lis K.; Spirito, Marco;
    IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation,
    Volume 61, Issue 12, pp. 5893-5901, 2013. DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2013.2281518
    Keywords: ... Arrays;Waveguide transitions;Frequency measurement;Coplanar waveguides;Transmission line measurements;Rectangular waveguides;Metals;Flip-chip;frequency scanning array;integration;mm-wave interconnect;mm-wave system;radar;substrate integrated waveguide (SIW);W-band;waveguide.

  5. Device characterization for LTE applications with wideband baseband, fundamental and harmonic impedance control
    Manjanna, A. Kumar; Marchetti, M.; Buisman, K.; Spirito, M.; Pelk, M. J.; de Vreede, L. C. N.;
    In 2013 European Microwave Conference,
    pp. 255-258, 2013. DOI: 10.23919/EuMC.2013.6686639
    Keywords: ... Baseband;Impedance;Harmonic analysis;Linearity;Wideband;Impedance measurement.

  6. Synthesized pulsed bias for device characterization
    Kumar Manjanna, A.; Buisman, K.; Spirito, M.; Marchetti, M.; Pelk, M.; de Vreede, L. C. N.;
    In 81st ARFTG Microwave Measurement Conference,
    pp. 1-4, 2013. DOI: 10.1109/ARFTG.2013.6579031
    Keywords: ... Pulse measurements;Voltage measurement;Calibration;Microwave measurement;Semiconductor device measurement;Shape;Microwave theory and techniques;Isothermal;characterization;pulsed;pulse shaping;ideal pulses.

  7. Silicon Filled Integrated Waveguides
    Gentile, G.; Dekker, Ronald; de Graaf, Pascal; Spirito, M.; Pelk, M. J.; de Vreede, L. C. N.; Rejaei Salmassi, B.;
    IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters,
    Volume 20, Issue 10, pp. 536-538, 2010. DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2010.2063420

  8. A mixed-signal load-pull system for base-station applications
    Marchetti, Mauro; Heeres, Rob; Squillante, Michele; Pelk, Marco; Spirito, Marco; de Vreede, Leo C. N.;
    In 2010 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium,
    pp. 491-494, 2010. DOI: 10.1109/RFIC.2010.5477381

  9. Enhanced RF power amplifiers and device characterization setups using coherent mixed-signal techniques
    de Vreede, L.C.N.; Pelk, M.; Neo, E.; Qureshi, J.; Spirito, M.; Squillante, M.; Marchetti, M.;
    In 2010 IEEE 11th Annual Wireless and Microwave Technology Conference (WAMICON),
    pp. 1-5, 2010. DOI: 10.1109/WAMICON.2010.5461858

  10. A 90-W Peak Power GaN Outphasing Amplifier With Optimum Input Signal Conditioning
    Qureshi, Jawad H.; Pelk, Marco J.; Marchetti, Mauro; Neo, W. C. Edmund; Gajadharsing, John R.; van der Heijden, Mark P.; de Vreede, L. C. N.;
    IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques,
    Volume 57, Issue 8, pp. 1925-1935, 2009. DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2009.2025430

  11. Active Harmonic Load–Pull With Realistic Wideband Communications Signals
    Marchetti, Mauro; Pelk, Marco J.; Buisman, Koen; Neo, W. C. Edmund; Spirito, Marco; de Vreede, Leo C. N.;
    IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques,
    Volume 56, Issue 12, pp. 2979-2988, 2008. DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2008.2007330

  12. A High-Efficiency 100-W GaN Three-Way Doherty Amplifier for Base-Station Applications
    Pelk, Marco J.; Neo, W. C. Edmund; Gajadharsing, John R.; Pengelly, Raymond S.; de Vreede, Leo C. N.;
    IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques,
    Volume 56, Issue 7, pp. 1582-1591, 2008. DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2008.924364

  13. A Mixed-Signal Approach Towards Linear and Efficient $N$-Way Doherty Amplifiers
    Neo, W. C. Edmund; Qureshi, Jawad; Pelk, Marco J.; Gajadharsing, John R.; de Vreede, Leo C. N.;
    IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques,
    Volume 55, Issue 5, pp. 866-879, 2007. DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2007.895160

  14. A low-cost pulsed RF I-V measurement setup for isothermal device characterization
    Marchetti, M.; Buisman, K.; Pelk, M.; Smith, L.; de Vreede, L.C.N.;
    In 2007 70th ARFTG Microwave Measurement Conference (ARFTG),
    pp. 1-4, 2007. DOI: 10.1109/ARFTG.2007.8376175

  15. A Low-Loss Compact Linear Varactor Based Phase-Shifter
    Qureshi, J.H.; Kim, S.; Buisman, K.; Huang, C.; Pelk, M. J.; Akhnoukh, A.; Larson, L.E.; Nanver, L. K.; de Vreede, L.C.N.;
    In 2007 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFIC) Symposium,
    pp. 453-456, 2007. DOI: 10.1109/RFIC.2007.380922

  16. Active Harmonic Load–Pull for On-Wafer Out-of-Band Device Linearity Optimization
    Spirito, Marco; Pelk, Marco J.; van Rijs, Fred; Theeuwen, Steven J. C. H.; Hartskeerl, Dave; de Vreede, Leo C. N.;
    IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques,
    Volume 54, Issue 12, pp. 4225-4236, 2006. DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2006.885568

  17. A pulsed network analyzer for high dynamic range isothermal measurements
    Marchetti, M.; Pelk, M.; Buisman, K.; Spirito, M.; de Vreede, L. C. N.;
    In 2006 68th ARFTG Conference: Microwave Measurement,
    pp. 1-4, 2006. DOI: 10.1109/ARFTG.2006.8361670

  18. Experimental procedure to optimize out-of-band terminations for highly linear and power efficient bipolar class-AB RF amplifiers
    Spirito, M.; van der Heijden, M.P.; Pelk, M.; de Vreede, L.C.N.; Zampardi, P.J.; Larson, L.E.; Burghartz, J.N.;
    In Proceedings of the Bipolar/BiCMOS Circuits and Technology Meeting, 2005.,
    pp. 112-115, 2005. DOI: 10.1109/BIPOL.2005.1555212

  19. Base-band impedance control and calibration for on-wafer linearity measurements
    Pelk, M.J.; de Vreede, L.C.N.; Spirito, M.; Jos, J.H.;
    In ARFTG 63rd Conference, Spring 2004,
    pp. 35-40, 2004. DOI: 10.1109/ARFTG.2004.1387852

  20. On the optimum biasing and input out-of-band terminations of linear and power efficient class-AB bipolar RF amplifiers
    van der Heijden, M.P.; Spirito, M.; Pelk, M.; de Vreede, L.C.N.; Burghartz, J.N.;
    In Bipolar/BiCMOS Circuits and Technology, 2004. Proceedings of the 2004 Meeting,
    pp. 44-47, 2004. DOI: 10.1109/BIPOL.2004.1365741

  21. A novel active harmonic load-pull setup for on-wafer device linearity characterization
    Spirito, M.; de Vreede, L.C.N.; de Kok, M.; Pelk, M.; Hartskeerl, D.; Jos, H.F.F.; Mueller, J.E.; Burghartz, J.;
    In 2004 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest (IEEE Cat. No.04CH37535),
    pp. 1217-1220 Vol.2, 2004. DOI: 10.1109/MWSYM.2004.1339207

  22. Experimental Verification of the Smoothie Database Model for Third and Fifth Order Intermodulation Distortion
    Cuoco, V.; van de Heijden, M.P.; Pelk, M.; de Vreede, L.C.N.;
    In 32nd European Solid-State Device Research Conference,
    pp. 635-638, 2002. DOI: 10.1109/ESSDERC.2002.195011

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