Research


At Echoic Engineering, we actively engaged in a number of innovative RF research areas.  Check out our Technical White Papers for more info on our areas of interest.  For inquires on collaboration or development on these topics, please contact us.

 

White Papers

Title Author Date
Innovating Ultra-Wideband HF-VHF-UHF Beamforming Antennas for Stealth Naval Use Kelvin Yuk Oct 2021
Insights on GaN in Millimeter Wave 5G Front-end Modules Kelvin Yuk Feb 2021
High Efficiency GaN Power Amplifier Design for Particle Accelerators Kelvin Yuk Nov 2020
Perspectives on Through-Wall Radar Imaging Kelvin Yuk Oct 2020

 

We value the importance of producing cutting-edge research to push the boundaries of what’s possible.  Our peer-reviewed publications have been cited more than 300 times on Google Scholar and read more than 12000 times on ResearchGate.

 

Publications

Title Author Date
A compact 100W, 68% Class F GaN Power Amplifier for L-band GPS Hemin Wu, Kelvin Yuk, G. R. Branner Apr 2019
Radiation Patterns of an RF Energy Harvesting Necklace on Human Body Phantom Son H. Nguyen, Kelvin Yuk, Rajeevan Amirtharajah, G. R Branner
Jul 2018
A High Power Inverse Class-F GaN Amplifier for L-band GPS Applications Can Cui, Kelvin Yuk, Hemin Wu, G.R. Branner Apr 2018
High Power Class F GaN HEMT Power Amplifier in L band for Global Positioning Systems Application Hemin Wu, Kelvin Yuk, Can Cui, G.R. Branner Apr 2018
Pulse Skipping Modulation Method for Multiple Input Buck Boost Converter Son H. Nguyen, Kelvin Yuk, Rajeevan Amirtharajah
Apr 2018
Future Directions for GaN in 5G and Satellite Communications Kelvin Yuk, G. R. Branner, Can Cui Aug 2017
Design of a High Power, Wideband Power Amplifier Using AlGaN-GaN HEMT J. Tan, K. S. Yuk, G.R. Branner Apr 2017
High power, wideband frequency doubler design using AlGaN/GaN HEMTs and filtering Claudia Wong, Kelvin Yuk, G. R. Branner, Syed Reza Bahadur Oct 2011
Advances in Active Microwave Frequency Multipliers Kelvin Yuk, G. R. Branner Aug 2011
Design of a High Power X-Band Frequency Tripler Using a AlGaN/GaN HEMT Device Kelvin Yuk, Claudia Wong, G. R. Branner Sep 2010
High Power, High Conversion Gain Frequency Doublers Using SiC MESFETs and AlGaN/GaN HEMTs Kelvin Yuk, G.R. Branner, Claudia Wong  May 2010
A Wideband Multiharmonic Empirical Large-Signal Model for High-Power GaN HEMTs With Self-Heating and Charge-Trapping Effects Kelvin S. Yuk, George R. Branner, David J. McQuate Dec 2009
An Improved Empirical Large-Signal Model for High-Power GaN HEMTs Including Self-Heating and Charge-Trapping Effects Kelvin Yuk, G. R. Branner and David McQuate Jun 2009
An Empirical Large-Signal Model for SiC MESFETs with Self-Heating Thermal Model Kelvin Yuk, G.R. Branner Nov 2008
A Simplified, Empirical Large-Signal Model for SiC MESFETs Kelvin Yuk, G.R. Branner Oct 2007