The doherty power amplifier with on-chip dynamic bias control circuit for handset application

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 633-642

  Nam, Joongjin ^b   Kim, Bumman ^a,b  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology ^*

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

Author keywords

Adjacent channel power ratio (ACPR); Cellular; Code division multiple access (CDMA); Dc dc converter; Doherty power amplifier (DPA); Dynamic bias control; Handset; InGaP GaAs HBT; Load modulation; Monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC)

Indexed keywords

BIAS CURRENTS; CODE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS; DC-DC CONVERTERS; HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM COMPOUNDS;

ADJACENT CHANNEL POWER RATIO (ACPR); DOHERTY POWER AMPLIFIER (DPA); DYNAMIC BIAS CONTROL; LOAD MODULATION; POWER ADDED EFFICIENCY (PAE);

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 34147094202     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2007.892800     Document Type: Article

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