A 6W uneven doherty power amplifier in GaN technology

Proceedings of the 37th European Microwave Conference, EUMC

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1097-1100

  Markos, A Z ^b   Colantonio, P ^a   Giannini, F ^a   Giofre R ^a   Imbimbo, M ^a   Kompa, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND AMPLIFIERS; CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; FIBER LASERS; GALLIUM ALLOYS; GALLIUM NITRIDE; GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; MICROWAVES; MOBILE COMPUTING; POWER AMPLIFIERS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; TELECOMMUNICATION;

BACK-OFF; CLASS-AB; DOHERTY AMPLIFIERS; DOHERTY POWER AMPLIFIER; DRAIN EFFICIENCY; EUROPEAN; HIGH-EFFICIENCY; INPUT POWERS; MAXIMUM OUTPUT POWER; MODULATED SIGNALS; PEAK POWERS; PEAK-TO AVERAGE POWER RATIO; POWER DIVIDERS; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC);

EID: 48349139011     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EUMC.2007.4405389     Document Type: Conference Paper

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