A wideband envelope tracking doherty amplifier for WiMAX systems

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-51

  Moon, Junghwan ^b   Kim, Jangheon ^b   Kim, Ildu ^b   Kim, Jungjoon ^b   Kim, Bumman ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Envelope tracking; GaN; Gate bias control; Relative constellation error (RCE); Wideband doherty amplifier; World interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX)

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; BIAS VOLTAGE; BROADBAND NETWORKS; GALLIUM NITRIDE; HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTORS; INTEROPERABILITY;

ENVELOPE TRACKING; GATE BIAS CONTROL; RELATIVE CONSTELLATION ERROR (RCE); WIDEBAND DOHERTY AMPLIFIERS; WORLD INTEROPERABILITY FOR MICROWAVE ACCESS (WIMAX);

MICROWAVE AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 38149048654     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2007.912019     Document Type: Article

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