The Doherty power amplifier

IEEE Microwave Magazine

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 42-50

  Kim, Bumman ^a   Kim, Jangheon ^a   Kim, Ildu ^a   Cha, Jeonghyeon ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOAD IMPEDANCE; LOAD MODULATION; PEAKING AMPLIFIERS; TUBE AMPLIFIERS;

ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC POWER MEASUREMENT; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 33845643673     PISSN: 15273342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MW-M.2006.247914     Document Type: Review

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6. B. Kim, Y. Yang, J. Yi, J. Nam, Y.Y. Woo, and J. Cha, "Efficiency enhancement of linear power amplifier using load modulation technique," in Proc. ISMOT 2001, Montreal, Canada, June 2001, pp. 505-508.