Some considerations for optimal efficiency and low noise in large power combiners

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1477-1482

  York, Robert A ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Combining efficiency; Power amplifiers; Power combining; Spatial power combining

Indexed keywords

POWER DEGRADATION; POWER-ADDED-EFFICIENCY (PAE); SPATIAL POWER COMBINING;

DEGRADATION; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; STATISTICAL METHODS;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0035416364     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.939929     Document Type: Conference Paper

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