Combined linear and Δ-modulated switch-mode PA supply modulator for polar transmitters

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 404-413

  Kitchen, Jennifer N ^a   Chu, Connie ^b   Kiaei, Sayfe ^c   Bakkaloglu, Bertan ^c  

^a Ubidyne Inc   (United States)

^b INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

MODULATORS; POWER AMPLIFIERS; TRANSMITTERS;

900 MHZ; CLOSED LOOPS; CMOS PROCESS; DC-DC BUCK CONVERTERS; DELTA MODULATORS; DYNAMIC RANGES; GSM-900; INPUT SIGNALS; LINEAR REGULATOR; LOW-POWER; MAXIMUM EFFICIENCIES; NOISE-SHAPING; OUTPUT POWER; POLAR MODULATION; POLAR TRANSMITTERS; POWER SUPPLY REJECTIONS; PRE-EMPHASIS; RF BANDWIDTHS; SUPPLY MODULATORS; SUPPLY VOLTAGES; SWITCHING AMPLIFIERS; WIRELESS HANDSETS;

MODULATION;

EID: 59349085997     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2008.2011010     Document Type: Article

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