A 1.9-GHz CMOS power amplifier using three-port asymmetric transmission line transformer for a polar transmitter

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 230-238

  Park, Changkun ^a,b   Kim, Younsuk ^a,b,c   Kim, Haksun ^a,d   Hong, Songcheol ^a,b  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology ^*

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

^c Samsung Electro Mechanics   (South Korea)

^d Hanbat National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Class E; CMOS; Dynamic range; Global system for mobile communication (GSM); Injection locking; Polar transmitter; Power amplifier; Transmission line transformer; Variable load

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC LINES; ELECTRIC LOADS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS; TRANSMITTERS;

DYNAMIC RANGE; INJECTION LOCKING; POLAR TRANSMITTER; TRANSMISSION LINE TRANSFORMER; VARIABLE LOAD;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 33847691615     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2006.889152     Document Type: Article

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