Optimum Design of a Predistortion RF Power Amplifier for Multicarrier WCDMA Applications

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 655-663

  Cha, Jeonghyeon ^a   Yi, Jaehyok ^a   Kim, Jangheon ^a   Kim, Bumman ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adjacent channel leakage ratio (ACLR); Intermodulation (IM); Linearity; Memory effects; Power amplifier; Predistorter; Wide band code division multiple access (WCDMA)

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; CHANNEL CAPACITY; FEEDBACK; MODULATION; MOSFET DEVICES; OPTIMIZATION; POWER AMPLIFIERS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ADJACENT CHANNEL LEAKAGE RATIO (ACLR); INTERMODULATION (IM); MEMORY EFFECTS; PREDISTORTER;

CODE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS;

EID: 1342329277     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2003.822030     Document Type: Article

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