A switched mode envelope tracker for polar EDGE transmitter

PESC Record - IEEE Annual Power Electronics Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Jiang, Xufeng ^a   López, Néstor D ^a   Maksimović, Dragan ^a  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DELAY CIRCUITS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; PHASE MODULATION; SIGNAL INTERFERENCE; TRANSMITTERS;

PHASE-MODULATION PATH; SIGNAL PROPAGATION DELAY; SWITCHED-MODE POWER SUPPLY (SMPS);

ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS;

EID: 42449117609     PISSN: 02759306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PESC.2006.1711933     Document Type: Conference Paper

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