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My google scholar profile can be found here: Google Scholar K Mimis


Below is a list of my publications in peer-reviewed conferences and journals:


2026

  • K Mimis, C Clifton, S Taniguchi, A Yamaguchi, M Shimada, K Kohama, K Takeuchi, K Tasai and K Yanashima, "GaN-on-Si RF Technology: Current Status and Future Outlook, " ARMMS RF and Microwave Society Conference, 2026 - Best paper award


2025

  • K Mimis, A Lawrenson, C Clifton, S Taniguchi, A Yamaguchi, M Shimada, K Kohama, K Takeuchi, K Tasai and K Yanashima, "A GaN Technology to Meet Future Radio Requirements",  presented as part of the full-day workshop "GaN/Si: an Enabler for FR3 Applications?"  2025 IEEE/MTT-S International Microwave Symposium - IMS 2025, San Francisco, CA, USA, 2025


2022

  • S. Bensmida and K. Mimis - "R&D Trends and challenges in RFPAs for medium/high-volume products". Organisers of half-day workshop in European Microwave Week 2021, London, UK, 2022.


2018

  • P. E. de Falco, G. Watkins, K. Mimis, S. Bensmida and K. Morris, "Analysis of Optimal Outphasing Load Trajectories for GaN PAs," 2018 Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC), Kyoto, Japan, 2018, pp. 58-60, doi: 10.23919/APMC.2018.8617660.
  • P. Enrico De Falco et al., "Single-Ended Branch PA Characterisation for Outphasing Amplifiers," 2018 13th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference (EuMIC), Madrid, Spain, 2018, pp. 178-181, doi: 10.23919/EuMIC.2018.8539963.
  • G. T. Watkins and K. Mimis, "How Not to Rely on Moore's Law Alone: Low-Complexity Envelope-Tracking Amplifiers," in IEEE Microwave Magazine, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 84-94, June 2018, doi: 10.1109/MMM.2018.2813840.


2017

  • P. Enrico de Falco, K. Mimis, S.B. Smida, K. Morris, G. Watkins, "Harmonically Tuned Outphasing Amplifiers," in IET Active and Passive Device Symposium, 2017.
  • P. E. de Falco et al., "Load Modulation of Harmonically Tuned Amplifiers and Application to Outphasing Systems," in IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 65, no. 10, pp. 3596-3612, Oct. 2017, doi: 10.1109/TMTT.2017.2731769.
  • Mimis, K., Gibbins, D.R., Dumanli, S. and Watkins, G.T. (2017), The ant and the elephant: ambient RF harvesting from the uplink. IET Microw. Antennas Propag., 11: 386-393. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-map.2016.0300 - 2019 Winners of the IET Premium (Best Paper) Awards
  • P. Enrico de Falco, J. Birchall, S. Ben Smida, K. Morris, K. Mimis and G. Watkins, "Asymmetrical outphasing: Exploiting conjugate continuous modes of operation," 2017 IEEE Topical Conference on RF/Microwave Power Amplifiers for Radio and Wireless Applications (PAWR), Phoenix, AZ, USA, 2017, pp. 18-21, doi: 10.1109/PAWR.2017.7875562.


2016

  • K. Mimis, G. T. Watkins, A. Yamaoka and K. Yamaguchi, "Output harmonic optimisation of dynamically load modulated power amplifiers," 2016 46th European Microwave Conference (EuMC), London, UK, 2016, pp. 1071-1074, doi: 10.1109/EuMC.2016.7824532.
  • Watkins GT, Mimis K. An envelope tracking RF power amplifier with capacitive charge pump modulator. International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies. 2016;8(4-5):683-690. doi:10.1017/S175907871600043X
  • O. Georgiou, K. Mimis, D. Halls, W. H. Thompson and D. Gibbins, "How Many Wi-Fi APs Does it Take to Light a Lightbulb?," in IEEE Access, vol. 4, pp. 3732-3746, 2016, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2016.2573681.
  • Watkins GT, Mimis K., "High linearity lead-lag style envelope modulator for RF power amplifiers". International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies. 2016;8(3):463-470. doi:10.1017/S1759078715000525
  • K. Mimis and G. T. Watkins, "A flexible, dynamically load-modulated GaN power amplifier for the UHF band," 2016 German Microwave Conference (GeMiC), Bochum, Germany, 2016, pp. 193-196, doi: 10.1109/GEMIC.2016.7461588.
  • G. T. Watkins and K. Mimis, "A dynamic load modulation RF amplifier with current mirror based varactor driver amplifier," Active and Passive RF Devices Seminar, London, UK, 2016, pp. 1-4, doi: 10.1049/ic.2016.0007.
  • Watkins, G.T. and Mimis, K. (2016), "Split frequency high-voltage driver for dynamic load modulated RF amplifiers". Electron. Lett., 52: 245-247. https://doi.org/10.1049/el.2015.3593
  • PE de Falco, K Morris, SB Smida, G Watkins, "On the Design of Branch Amplifiers in Outphasing Systems" - ARMMS RF and Microwave Society Conference, 2016


2015

  • G. T. Watkins and K. Mimis, "Low complexity charge pump envelope tracking RF power amplifier," 2015 European Microwave Conference (EuMC), Paris, France, 2015, pp. 92-95, doi: 10.1109/EuMC.2015.7345707.
  • K. Mimis, S. Wang and G. T. Watkins, "A load-modulated low-power amplifier with average power tracking," 2015 European Microwave Conference (EuMC), Paris, France, 2015, pp. 88-91, doi: 10.1109/EuMC.2015.7345706.
  • Mimis K, Watkins GT. Impact of time misalignment and input signal statistics in dynamically load-modulated amplifiers. International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies. 2015;7(3-4):327-337. doi:10.1017/S1759078715000914
  • Watkins, G.T. and Mimis, K. (2015), A 65% efficient envelope tracking radio-frequency power amplifier for orthogonal frequency division multiplex. IET Microw. Antennas Propag., 9: 676-681. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-map.2014.0253.
  • Mimis, K., Gibbins, D., Dumanli, S. and Watkins, G.T. (2015), Ambient RF energy harvesting trial in domestic settings. IET Microw. Antennas Propag., 9: 454-462. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-map.2014.0406
  • Watkins, G.T. and Mimis, K. (2015), Broadband high-power line driver with synthetic output impedance. Electron. Lett., 51: 633-635. https://doi.org/10.1049/el.2015.0422
  • K. Mimis and G. T. Watkins, "Design method for harmonically-tuned, dynamic load-modulated power amplifiers," 2015 German Microwave Conference, Nuremberg, Germany, 2015, pp. 1-4, doi: 10.1109/GEMIC.2015.7107737.
  • K. Mimis and G. T. Watkins, "Bandwidth reduction in dynamic load-modulated power amplifiers: control and RF signal expansion, efficiency and linearity trade-offs," 2015 IEEE Topical Conference on Power Amplifiers for Wireless and Radio Applications (PAWR), San Diego, CA, USA, 2015, pp. 1-3, doi: 10.1109/PAWR.2015.7139198.
  • G. T. Watkins and K. Mimis, "Envelope tracking RF power amplifier with lead-lag modulator," 2015 IEEE Topical Conference on Power Amplifiers for Wireless and Radio Applications (PAWR), San Diego, CA, USA, 2015, pp. 1-3, doi: 10.1109/PAWR.2015.7139206.


2014

  •  G.T. Watkins and K. Mimis, "Impact of Envelope Shaping on the Linearity of Envelope Tracking Transmitters," 
    •  2nd IET Annual Active and Passive RF Devices Seminar, doi: https://doi.org/10.1049/ic.2014.0185
  • K. Mimis and G. T. Watkins, "Experimental investigation of signal time misalignment in dynamic load modulation amplifiers," 2014 9th European Microwave Integrated Circuit Conference, Rome, Italy, 2014, pp. 412-415, doi: 10.1109/EuMIC.2014.6997880.
  • K. Mimis and G. T. Watkins, "A reactively load-modulated RF low-power amplifier with multilevel supply voltage for multi-standard RF front-ends," GeMiC 2014; German Microwave Conference, Aachen, Germany, 2014, pp. 1-4.


2013

  • S. Wang, K. Mimis, M. Z. Bocus, G. T. Watkins and J. P. Coon, "Energy-efficient heterogeneous antenna selection relaying in wireless body area networks," 2013 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Atlanta, GA, USA, 2013, pp. 2472-2477, doi: 10.1109/GLOCOM.2013.6831445.
  • S. Wang, K. Mimis, M. Z. Bocus, G. T. Watkins and J. P. Coon, "Cognitive antenna selection relay for green heterogeneous healthcare networks," in IEEE Wireless Communications, vol. 20, no. 5, pp. 44-52, October 2013, doi: 10.1109/MWC.2013.6664473.


2012

  • S. Bensmida et al., "Nonlinear envelope tracking for efficiency optimization of power amplifiers," 2012 7th European Microwave Integrated Circuit Conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2012, pp. 480-483.
  • S. Bensmida et al., "Overlapped segment piece-wise polynomial pre-distortion for the linearisation of power amplifiers in the presence of high PAPR OFDM signals," 2012 IEEE/MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest, Montreal, QC, Canada, 2012, pp. 1-3, doi: 10.1109/MWSYM.2012.6259543.
  • K. Mimis, S. Bensmida, K. A. Morris and J. P. McGeehan, "Continuous harmonically tuned Class-B power amplifier: A closed form equation design approach," 2012 IEEE/MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest, Montreal, QC, Canada, 2012, pp. 1-3, doi: 10.1109/MWSYM.2012.6259578.
  • K. Mimis, K. A. Morris, S. Bensmida and J. P. McGeehan, "Multichannel and Wideband Power Amplifier Design Methodology for 4G Communication Systems Based on Hybrid Class-J Operation," in IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 60, no. 8, pp. 2562-2570, Aug. 2012, doi: 10.1109/TMTT.2012.2198489.


2011

  • K. Mimis, K. A. Morris and J. P. McGeehan, "A 2GHz GaN Class-J power amplifier for base station applications," 2011 IEEE Topical Conference on Power Amplifiers for Wireless and Radio Applications, Phoenix, AZ, USA, 2011, pp. 5-8, doi: 10.1109/PAWR.2011.5725378. - 3rd best student paper award
  • K. Mimis and T. Kocak, "Area efficient system-on-programmable-chip design for a wireless touch-triggered machining probe," 2011 6th IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications, Beijing, China, 2011, pp. 1101-1104, doi: 10.1109/ICIEA.2011.5975751.