Differentially coupled outphasing WCDMA transmitter with inverse class F power amplifiers

Proceedings - 2006 IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 355-358

  Gerhard, Walter ^a   Knoechel, Reinhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Efficiency; LDMOS; LINC; Outphasing; Rf power amplifiers; Transmitter WCDMA

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT; MOS CAPACITORS; POWER AMPLIFIERS;

OUTPHASING; RF POWER AMPLIFIERS; TRANSMITTER WCDMA;

CODE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS;

EID: 33846370170     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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