Highly linear three-way doherty amplifier with uneven power drive for repeater system

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 176-178

  Kim, Ildu ^a,b   Cha, Jeonghyeon ^a,b   Hong, Sungchul ^a,b   Kim, Jangheon ^a,b   Woo, Young Yun ^a,b   Park, Cheon Seok ^a,c   Kim, Bumman ^a,b  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology ^*

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

^c Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adjacent channel leakage ratio (ACLR); Doherty amplifier; Third and fifth order intermodulation distortion (IMD3, IMD5); Wideband code division multiple access (WCDMA)

Indexed keywords

CODE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; LINEARIZATION; MOSFET DEVICES; SIGNAL DISTORTION; TELECOMMUNICATION REPEATERS; VOLTAGE STABILIZING CIRCUITS;

ADJACENT CHANNEL LEAKAGE RATIO (ACLR); DOHERTY AMPLIFIER; THIRD- AND FIFTH-ORDER INTERMODULATION DISTORTION (IMD3, IMD5); WIDEBAND CODE-DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS (WCDMA);

BROADBAND AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 33645683091     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2006.872136     Document Type: Review

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