Supply modulators for RF polar transmitters

Digest of Papers - IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 417-420

  Kitehen, Jennifer ^a   Chu, Connie ^b   Kiaei, Sayfe ^b   Bakkaloglu, Bertan ^b  

^a Ubidyne Inc   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Delta modulator; Linear regulator; Polar modulation; Power amplifiers; Supply modulator; Switching amplifiers

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MODULATION; POWER AMPLIFIERS; RADIO WAVES; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TRANSMITTERS;

DELTA-MODULATOR; LINEAR REGULATOR; PA ARCHITECTURES; PA LINEARIZATION; POLAR MODULATION; POLAR TRANSMITTERS; RADIO FREQUENCY INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; RF BAND WIDTHS; SUPPLY MODULATOR; SWITCHING AMPLIFIERS;

MODULATORS;

EID: 51849101237     PISSN: 15292517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/RFIC.2008.4561467     Document Type: Conference Paper

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