Linear RF CMOS power amplifier with improved efficiency and linearity in wide power levels

Digest of Papers - IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 251-254

  Srirattana, N ^a   Sen, P ^a   Park, H M ^a,b   Lee, C H ^a   Allen, P E ^a   Laskar, J ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Maxim Integrated Circuits   (United States)

Author keywords

FET amplifiers; Intermodulation distortion; MMIC power amplifiers; Nonlinear circuits; Power amplifiers

Indexed keywords

FET AMPLIFIERS; INTERMODULATION DISTORTION; MMIC POWER AMPLIFIER; NONLINEAR CIRCUITS;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC LINES; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; INTERMODULATION;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 27644537640     PISSN: 15292517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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