A 2 W CMOS hybrid switching amplitude modulator for EDGE polar transmitters

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2666-2676

  Kwak, Tae Woo ^a   Lee, Min Chul ^a   Cho, Gyu Hyeong ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Buffer; Class AB; Dc dc converter; EDGE; Low dropout (LDO); Low output impedance; Operational amplifier; Polar transmitter; Power amplifier (PA); Pulsewidth modulation (PWM); Switching amplifier

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; CLASS-AB; EDGE; LOW DROPOUT; LOW OUTPUT IMPEDANCE; POLAR TRANSMITTER; SWITCHING AMPLIFIER;

BANDPASS AMPLIFIERS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; DC-DC CONVERTERS; ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; HVDC POWER TRANSMISSION; MODULATORS; OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIERS; POWER AMPLIFIERS; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; SWITCHING FREQUENCY; TRANSMITTERS;

BROADBAND AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 51849143800     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2007.908769     Document Type: Conference Paper

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