Theory and experimental results of a class F AB-C doherty power amplifier

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1936-1947

  Colantonio, Paolo ^a   Giannini, Franco ^a   Giofrè, Rocco ^a   Piazzon, Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Class F; Doherty amplifier; High efficiency amplifier; Power amplifiers (PAs)

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE DEVICES; BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS; CLASS F; CLOSED FORM; DESIGN STRATEGIES; DOHERTY AMPLIFIER; DOHERTY AMPLIFIERS; DOHERTY POWER AMPLIFIER; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; HIGH-EFFICIENCY AMPLIFIER; INPUT SIGNAL; SIMPLIFIED MODELS; THEORETICAL ASPECTS; TUNED LOAD;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 69249213374     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2009.2025433     Document Type: Article

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