An envelope elimination and restoration power amplifier using a CMOS dynamic power supply circuit

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages 1519-1522

  Chen, Jau Horng ^a   U Yen, Kongpop ^a   Kenney, J Stevenson ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplifier; CMOS integrated circuits; Envelope elimination and restoration; Kahn technique; Power amplifiers; RF

Indexed keywords

ENVELOPE ELIMINATION AND RESTORATION (EER); KAHN TECHNIQUE; RF; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK (WLAN);

BANDWIDTH; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; CODE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS; COMPARATOR CIRCUITS; DELTA MODULATION; DIODES; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; POWER AMPLIFIERS; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

POWER SUPPLY CIRCUITS;

EID: 4544329014     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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