Dynamic load modulation of high power amplifiers with varactor-based matching networks

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1537-1540

  Tehrani, Ali Soltani ^a   Nemati, Hossein Mashad ^a   Cao, Haiying ^a   Eriksson, Thomas ^a   Fager, Christian ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Load modulation network; Power amplifiers; Tunable matching networks

Indexed keywords

HIGH POWER AMPLIFIER; HIGH-EFFICIENCY OPERATIONS; HIGH-FREQUENCY APPLICATIONS; HIGH-POWER; INPUT SIGNAL; INVERSE MODELS; LOAD IMPEDANCE; LOAD MODULATION; MATCHING NETWORKS; NETWORK POWER; NON-LINEAR MODEL; TUNABLE-MATCHING NETWORKS;

DYNAMIC LOADS; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; INSULATING MATERIALS; MICROWAVES; MODULATION;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 77949933728     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWSYM.2009.5166002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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