A 20-W Chireix outphasing transmitter for WCDMA base stations

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1437-1440

  Huttunen, Anu ^a   Kaunisto, Risto ^a  

^a NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Outphasing; Power amplifiers; Radio transmitters

Indexed keywords

BASE STATIONS; CALIBRATION; CODE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; ERROR ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; POWER AMPLIFIERS;

DIGITAL SIGNAL GENERATION; OUTPHASING; PATH IMBALANCES; QUADRATURE ERRORS;

RADIO TRANSMITTERS;

EID: 34748870164     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWSYM.2007.380503     Document Type: Conference Paper

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