CMOS wireless phase-shifted transmitter

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1241-1252

  Hamedi Hagh, Sotoudeh ^a   Salama, C André T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Class F power amplifier; CMOS; Outphasing; Phase shifted (PS) transmitter; Wireless

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC DISTORTION; FREQUENCY ALLOCATION; INTERMODULATION; MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS; MIXER CIRCUITS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; PHASE SHIFTERS; POLYSILICON; POWER AMPLIFIERS; SWITCHING CIRCUITS;

CLASS-F POWER AMPLIFIERS; CMOS; OUTPHASING; PHASE-SHIFTED (PS) TRANSMITTERS;

RADIO TRANSMITTERS;

EID: 3843083959     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2004.831786     Document Type: Article

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