A simplified model for chireix outphasing combiner efficiency

Proceedings of the 36th European Microwave Conference, EuMC 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 192-195

  El Asmar, M ^a   Birafane, A ^a   Kouki, A ^a  

^a ÉCOLE DE TECHNOLOGIE SUPÉRIEURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chireix combiner; LINC amplifier; Lossless combiner; Outphasing; Power efficiency

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POWER ELECTRONICS;

CHIREIX COMBINERS; LOSSLESS COMBINERS;

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC);

EID: 41649114773     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EUMC.2006.281251     Document Type: Conference Paper

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