Comparison of two different cell topologies for a multilevel power supply to achieve high efficiency envelope amplifier

2009 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 25-30

  Diaz D ^a   Vasic M ^a   Alou, P ^a   Garcia O ^a   Oliver, J A ^a   Cobos, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amplitude modulation; DC DC power conversion; Envelope elimination and restoration (EER); Multilevel systems; RF power amplifiers

Indexed keywords

CELL ARCHITECTURES; CELL TOPOLOGY; DC-DC POWER CONVERSION; ELECTRICAL AND PHYSICAL DESIGN; ENVELOPE ELIMINATION AND RESTORATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL COMPARISON; HIGH EFFICIENCY; LINEAR REGULATORS; MULTI-LEVEL SYSTEMS; MULTILEVEL CELL; MULTILEVEL CONVERTER; POWER SUPPLY; RF POWER AMPLIFIERS; TWO-STATE;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ELECTRIC POWER MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; ENERGY CONVERSION; POWER AMPLIFIERS; POWER CONVERTERS; RESTORATION; TOPOLOGY;

CELLS;

EID: 72449124614     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ECCE.2009.5316186     Document Type: Conference Paper

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