Envelope-domain time series (ET) behavioral model of a Doherty RF power amplifier for system design

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 3163-3171

  Wood, John ^a,b   LeFevre, Michael ^a,b   Runton, David ^a,b   Nanan, Jean Christophe ^b   Noori, Basim H ^a,b   Aaen, Peter H ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Modeling; Nonlinear circuits; Nonlinear systems; Power amplifiers

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL MODEL; NONLINEAR CIRCUITS; NONLINEAR TIME-SERIES; SIGNAL ENVELOPE;

INFORMATION ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; SIGNAL THEORY; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 33747271344     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2006.879134     Document Type: Article

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