CMOS outphasing class-D amplifier with Chireix combiner

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 619-621

  Hung, Tsai Pi ^a,b   Choi, David K ^a,c   Larson, Lawrence E ^a,b   Asbeck, Peter M ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RF Micro Devices   (United States)

Author keywords

Chireix combiners; CMOS amplifiers; Outphasing amplifiers

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; CODE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT;

CHIREIX COMBINERS; CMOS AMPLIFIERS; OUTPHASING AMPLIFIERS;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 34547793007     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2007.901800     Document Type: Article

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