An adaptive predistortion RF power amplifier with a spectrum monitor for multicarrier WCDMA applications

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 786-792

  Lee, Seung Yup ^a   Lee, Yong Sub ^a   Hong, Seung Ho ^a   Choi, Hyun Sik ^a   Jeong, Yoon Ha ^a  

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

Author keywords

Adaptive; Adjacent channel leakage ratio (ACLR); Linearity; Power amplifier; Predistorter (PD); Spectrum; Wide band code division multiple access (WCDMA)

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BANDWIDTH; GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; MULTICARRIER MODULATION; POWER AMPLIFIERS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ADAPTIVE; ADJACENT CHANNEL LEAKAGE RATIO (ACLR); LINEARITY; PREDISTORTER (PD); WIDE-BAND CODE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS (WCDMA);

CODE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS;

EID: 14544275002     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2004.841222     Document Type: Conference Paper

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