Design options for high efficiency linear handset power amplifiers

2009 9th Topical Meeting on Silicon Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF System, SiRF'09 - Digest of Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 233-236

  Asbeck, P ^a   Larson, L ^a   Kimball, D ^a   Pornpromlikit, S ^a   Jeong, J H ^a   Presti, C ^a   Hung, T P ^a   Wang, F ^a   Zhao, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Power amplifiers; RF transmitters; Wireless integrated circuit technology

Indexed keywords

CMOS TECHNOLOGY; DESIGN OPTION; DESIGN TECHNIQUE; DOHERTY; ENVELOPE TRACKING; FUTURE DESIGNS; HIGH EFFICIENCY; OUTPHASING; POLAR MODULATION; PROTOTYPE CIRCUITS; RF TRANSMITTERS; WIRELESS INTEGRATED CIRCUIT TECHNOLOGY;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; DIGITAL CIRCUITS; FREQUENCY DIVIDING CIRCUITS; POWER AMPLIFIERS; TELEPHONE SETS; TRANSMITTERS;

INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 65949120723     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SMIC.2009.4770542     Document Type: Conference Paper

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