The effect of FET soft turn-on on a Doherty amplifier

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1861-1864

  Smith, Karla J I ^a   Eccleston, Kimberley W ^a   Gough, Peter T ^a   Mann, Stephen I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b Tait Electronics Ltd   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Doherty; FET soft turn on; RF power amplifier

Indexed keywords

DRAIN CURRENT; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; MESFET DEVICES; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT;

CURRENT TRANSFER; DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS; DOHERTY AMPLIFIERS; EFFICIENCY CHARACTERISTICS; GATE VOLTAGES; MAJOR FACTOR;

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 45249087892     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.23477     Document Type: Article

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