Integrated antenna/power combiner for LINC radio transmitters

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 53, Issue 3 II, 2005, Pages 1083-1088

  Gao, Steven ^a   Gardner, Peter ^b  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antenna; Integrated antenna; Linear amplification using nonlinear components (LINC); Mobile communication; Power combiner; Transmitter

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; BANDWIDTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC EXCITATION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; LINEARIZATION; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; RADIATION; RESISTORS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; VECTORS;

INTEGRATED ANTENNAS; LINEAR AMPLIFICATION USING NONLINEAR COMPONENTS (LINC); MOBILE COMMUNICATION; POWER COMBINER;

RADIO TRANSMITTERS;

EID: 15844383147     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2005.843491     Document Type: Article

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