High efficiency RF power amplifier designed with harmonic real-time active load-pull

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 266-268

  Cui, Xian ^b   Doo, Seok Joo ^b   Roblin, Patrick ^a,b   Strahler, Jeffrey ^a,b   Rojas Teran, Roberto G ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b The Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Large signal network analyzer (LSNA); Power added efficiency (PAE); Power amplifier (PA); Real time active load pull (RT ALP)

Indexed keywords

HARMONIC ANALYSIS; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

LARGE SIGNAL NETWORK ANALYZER (LSNA); POWER ADDED EFFICIENCY (PAE); REAL-TIME ACTIVE LOAD-PULL (RT-ALP);

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 41649106737     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2008.918913     Document Type: Article

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