A high-efficiency linear RF power amplifier with a power-tracking dynamically adaptive buck-boost supply

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 52, Issue 1 I, 2004, Pages 112-120

  Sahu, Biranchinath ^a   Rincón Mora, Gabriel A ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Battery life; Buck boost dc dc converter; Code division multiple access (CDMA) portable applications; Dynamic supplies

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; CODE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS; DESIGN FOR TESTABILITY; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; LINEAR NETWORK ANALYSIS; POWER CONVERTERS; TRANSCEIVERS;

ADAPTIVE BUCK BOOST SUPPLY; BATTERY LIFE; LINEAR RESONANT FREQUENCY POWER AMPLIFIER; POWER TRACKING;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 10744231757     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2003.821256     Document Type: Article

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