Power supply rejection for RF amplifiers: Theory and measurements

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2043-2051

  Stauth, Jason T ^a,b   Sanders, Seth R ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dc dc converter; Polar modulation; Power amplifier (PA); Power supply rejection ratio (PSRR); RF amplifiers; Supply noise

Indexed keywords

POLAR MODULATION; POWER SUPPLY REJECTION RATIO (PSRR); SUPPLY NOISE;

DC-DC CONVERTERS; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; RADIO FREQUENCY AMPLIFIERS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 35348905758     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2007.905486     Document Type: Article

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