High-efficiency hybrid EER transmitter using optimized power amplifier

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2582-2593

  Kim, Ildu ^a   Woo, Young Yun ^b   Kim, Jangheon ^a   Moon, Junghwan ^a   Kim, Jungjoon ^a   Kim, Bumman ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^b SAMSUNG Electronics   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adjacent channel leakage ratio (ACLR); Digital feedback predistortion (DFBPD); Efficiency; Error vector magnitude (EVM); Hybrid envelope elimination and restoration (H EER); Linearity; Peak to average power ratio (PAPR); Power added efficiency (PAE)

Indexed keywords

BINARY SEQUENCES; BROADBAND AMPLIFIERS; DIGITAL ARITHMETIC; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; JITTER; LINEARIZATION; MATLAB; MODULATION; MOS DEVICES; MULTICARRIER MODULATION; POWER AMPLIFIERS; POWER CONTROL; POWER CONVERTERS; RESTORATION; SILICON; VECTORS;

ADJACENT CHANNEL LEAKAGE RATIO (ACLR); DIGITAL FEEDBACK PREDISTORTION (DFBPD); ERROR VECTOR MAGNITUDE (EVM); HYBRID ENVELOPE ELIMINATION AND RESTORATION (H-EER); LINEARITY; PEAK-TO-AVERAGE POWER RATIO (PAPR); POWER-ADDED EFFICIENCY (PAE);

TRANSMITTERS;

EID: 55849134811     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2008.2004898     Document Type: Article

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