Linearization of highly-efficient monolithic class e SiGe power amplifiers with Envelope-Tracking (ET) and Envelope-Elimination-and-Restoration (EER) at 900MHz

2007 IEEE Dallas/CAS Workshop on System-on-Chip (SoC): Design, Applications, Integration, and Software, DCAS-07

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 39-42

  Lie, Donald Y C ^a   Popp, J D ^b,c   Wang, F ^b   Kimball, D ^b   Larson, L E ^b  

^a Texas Tech University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Orora Design Technologies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

900 MHZ; CLASS-E; CLASS-E POWER AMPLIFIERS; EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS; HIGHLY EFFICIENT; MODULATED SIGNALS; OFFCHIP MATCHING; OUTPUT POWERS; PA SYSTEMS; SIGE POWER AMPLIFIERS; SPECTRUM MASKS;

APPLICATION SPECIFIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; POWER AMPLIFIERS; PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS; RESTORATION; SEMICONDUCTING GERMANIUM COMPOUNDS; SILICON ALLOYS; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

LINEARIZATION;

EID: 48349121970     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/DCAS.2007.4433211     Document Type: Conference Paper

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