Class-E power amplifier in a polar EDGE transmitter

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 785-788

  López, Néstor D ^a   Jiang, Xufeng ^a   Maksimović, Dragan ^a   Popović, Zoya ^a  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

Class E amplifier; EDGE; Envelope amplifier; Envelope elimination and restoration; Envelope tracking; Power amplifiers

Indexed keywords

MACHINE DESIGN; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STATISTICS; TRANSMITTERS; VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT;

ENVELOPE AMPLIFIERS; ENVELOPE ELIMINATION; ENVELOPE RESTORATION; ENVELOPE TRACKERS;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 34250333803     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWSYM.2006.249771     Document Type: Conference Paper

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