Linearity of X-band class-E power amplifiers in a digital polar transmitter

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1083-1086

  Wang, Narisi ^a   López, Néstor D ^a   Yousefzadeh, Vahid ^a   Hoversten, John ^a   Maksimović, Dragan ^a   Popović, Zoya ^a  

^a University of Colorado   (United States)

Author keywords

Class E amplifier; Envelope amplifier; Envelope elimination and restoration; Polar modulation

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC LOADS; ELECTRIC POWER MEASUREMENT; IMPEDANCE MATCHING (ELECTRIC); LINEARIZATION; TRANSMITTERS;

DIGITAL POLAR TRANSMITTERS; ENVELOPE AMPLIFIERS; ENVELOPE ELIMINATION AND RESTORATION; POLAR MODULATION;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 34748888947     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWSYM.2007.380281     Document Type: Conference Paper

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