Linearity versus efficiency in mobile handset power amplifiers: A battle without a loser

Microwave Engineering Europe

Volumn , Issue AUG./SEP., 2004, Pages 19-26

  Pedro, José C ^a   Carvalho, Nuno B ^a   Fager, Christian ^b   Garcia, José A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; CODE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS; INTERMODULATION; MICROWAVE CIRCUITS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; MOSFET DEVICES; PHASE MODULATION; POWER AMPLIFIERS; SIGNAL DISTORTION; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; TELEPHONE SETS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ADJACENT CHANNEL POWER RATIO (ACPR); BASE STATIONS; INTERMODULATION DISTORTIONS; MOBILE HANDSETS;

MICROWAVE AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 4644366143     PISSN: 0960667X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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