A class-G supply modulator and class-E PA in 130 nm CMOS

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2339-2347

  Walling, Jeffrey S ^a   Taylor, Stewart S ^b   Allstot, David J ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Average efficiency; Class E; Class G; EER; Envelope elimination and restoration; Linearization; Power added efficiency; Power amplifier; Supply modulation

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE EFFICIENCY; CLASS-E; CLASS-G; EER; ENVELOPE ELIMINATION AND RESTORATION; POWER ADDED EFFICIENCY; SUPPLY MODULATION;

FEEDBACK; LINEARIZATION; ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; POWER AMPLIFIERS; POWER CONVERTERS; RESTORATION;

MODULATION;

EID: 70249121395     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2009.2023191     Document Type: Article

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