Microwave power amplifiers with digitally-controlled power supply voltage for high efficiency and high linearity

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn 1, Issue , 2000, Pages 493-496

  Ranjan, M ^a   Koo, K H ^a,b   Hanington, G ^a   Fallesen, C ^a,c   Asbeck, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SolarLight Ltd   (South Korea)

^c Nokia Danmark AS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJACENT CHANNEL POWER RATIO; DC-DC CONVERTER; MICROWAVE POWER AMPLIFIERS; POWER SUPPLY VOLTAGE;

ALGORITHMS; CODE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; MESFET DEVICES; MICROWAVE AMPLIFIERS; POWER CONVERTERS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0033678236     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MWSYM.2000.861088     Document Type: Article

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