Highly efficient uneven multi-level LINC transmitter

Electronics Letters

Volumn 45, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 837-838

  Hur, J ^a   Lee, O ^a   Kim, K ^a   Lim, K ^a   Laskar, J ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LINC TRANSMITTERS; LINEAR AMPLIFIERS; MULTI-LEVEL; NONLINEAR COMPONENTS; NOVEL METHODS; POWER EFFICIENCY; SIGNAL COMPONENT SEPARATORS;

TRANSMITTERS;

EID: 68549115519     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el.2009.1599     Document Type: Article

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