A high-efficiency linear polar transmitter for EDGE

2008 IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium, RWS

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 199-202

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

^a UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplifier; Class E; Envelope tracking; Polar modulation; Polar transmitter

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIER; CLASS-E; ENVELOPE TRACKING; POLAR MODULATION; POLAR TRANSMITTER;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 47649117766     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/RWS.2008.4463463     Document Type: Conference Paper

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