A polar transmitter with CMOS programmable hysteretic-controlled hybrid switching supply modulator for multistandard applications

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1675-1686

  Choi, Jinsung ^a   Kim, Dongsu ^a   Kang, Daehyun ^a   Kim, Bumman ^a  

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

Author keywords

CMOS analog integrated circuits (ICs); Dc dc power conversion; Multimode; Power amplifiers (PAs); Transmitters; Wireless communication

Indexed keywords

CLASS-AB; CMOS ANALOG INTEGRATED CIRCUITS (ICS); DC-DC POWER CONVERSION; ERROR VECTOR MAGNITUDE; HIGH EFFICIENCY; HYBRID-SWITCHING; IEEE 802.16E; INGAP/GAAS; INPUT SIGNAL; M-TECHNOLOGIES; MULTI-STANDARD APPLICATIONS; MULTIMODE; MULTIMODE OPERATIONS; OUTPUT POWER; PEAK TO AVERAGE POWER RATIO; POLAR TRANSMITTER; POWER-ADDED EFFICIENCY; PREDISTORTION TECHNIQUES; SHAPING METHOD; SIGNAL CHARACTERISTIC; SPECTRUM EMISSION MASK; SUPPLY MODULATOR; WCDMA SIGNALS; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

ANALOG CIRCUITS; DAMPING; ELECTRIC POWER MEASUREMENT; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; HYSTERESIS; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; INTEROPERABILITY; LINEAR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MODULATION; MODULATORS; POWER AMPLIFIERS; STIFFNESS; SWITCHING; TRANSMITTERS; WIMAX;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 68349084630     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2009.2021880     Document Type: Article

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