Linearization of efficiency-optimized dynamic load modulation transmitter architectures

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 873-881

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

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Digital predistortion; Dynamic load modulation (DLM); Efficiency; Linearization; Power amplifier (PA); Transmitter

Indexed keywords

ADJACENT CHANNEL LEAKAGE RATIOS; AVERAGE POWER; DIGITAL PREDISTORTION; INPUT SIGNAL; INVERSE MODELS; LINEARIZATION PROCEDURES; LINEARIZATION SCHEMES; NORMALIZED MEAN SQUARE ERROR; PEAK-TO-AVERAGE RATIO; SINGLE CARRIER; SINGLE INPUT/SINGLE OUTPUTS; TRANSMITTER ARCHITECTURE; TUNABLE MATCHING NETWORKS; WCDMA SIGNALS;

ALIGNMENT; DYNAMIC LOADS; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; LINEARIZATION; MODULATION; POWER AMPLIFIERS;

TRANSMITTERS;

EID: 77951208234     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2010.2042654     Document Type: Article

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