An intelligent power amplifier MMIC using a new adaptive bias control circuit for W-CDMA applications

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 967-970

  Noh, Y S ^a   Park, Chul S ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adaptive bias control; Heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT); High efficiency; High linearity; MMIC; Power amplifier; Wide band code division multiple access (W CDMA)

Indexed keywords

CODE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE SHIFT; POWER ELECTRONICS; TRANSISTORS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ADAPTIVE BIAS CONTROL; HARMONIC DISTORTIONS; HYBRID PHASE SHIFT KEYING (HPSK); MOBILE TERMINALS;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 2942668126     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2004.827804     Document Type: Article

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