High efficiency envelope tracking LDMOS power amplifier for W-CDMA

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1534-1537

  Draxler, P ^a   Lanfranco, S ^b   Kimball, D ^c   Hsia, C ^c   Jeong, J ^c   Van De Sluis, J ^d   Asbeck, P M ^c  

^a QUALCOMM INC   (United States)

^b NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Base station power amplifier; Digital predistortion; Efficiency; Envelope tracking; LDMOS; W CDMA

Indexed keywords

BASE STATION POWER AMPLIFIERS; DIGITAL PREDISTORTION; ENVELOPE TRACKING; LDMOS; POWER ADDED EFFICIENCY (PAE); WCDMA;

BASE STATIONS; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; ERROR ANALYSIS; MOS CAPACITORS; POWER AMPLIFIERS;

CODE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS;

EID: 33847698909     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWSYM.2006.249605     Document Type: Conference Paper

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