A power re-use technique for improved efficiency of outphasing microwave power amplifiers

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1467-1470

  Langridge, Robert ^a,b   Thornton, Todd ^a,c   Asbeck, Peter M ^c   Larson, Lawrence E ^b,c  

^a San Diego   (United States)

^b Remec Corp   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

LINC; Linear power amplifiers; Outphasing amplifiers

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROWAVE AMPLIFIERS;

OUTPHASING MICROWAVE POWER AMPLIFIERS;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0032658714     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.780396     Document Type: Article

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