Multilevel converter for Envelope Tracking in RF power amplifiers

2009 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 503-510

  Rodriguez M ^a   Miaja, P F ^a   Rodriguez A ^a   Sebastian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN PROCEDURE; ENVELOPE TRACKING; HIGH EFFICIENCY; HIGH OUTPUT POWER; HIGH POWER APPLICATIONS; INPUT VOLTAGES; LOW OUTPUT VOLTAGE; LOW VOLTAGE SYSTEMS; MULTILEVEL CONVERTER; PEAK POWER; POWER SUPPLY; RADIO FREQUENCY TRANSMITTERS; RF POWER AMPLIFIERS; SQUARE WAVEFORM; SUPPLY VOLTAGES; THREE-LEVEL;

ENERGY CONVERSION; POWER AMPLIFIERS; POWER CONVERTERS;

ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS;

EID: 72449189662     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ECCE.2009.5316317     Document Type: Conference Paper

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