A digital envelope combiner for switching power amplifier linearization

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 270-274

  Singhal, Nitesh ^a   Pamarti, Sudhakar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Class E; Peak to average signal power ratios (PARx); Power amplifier (PA); Transformer combiner; Zero voltage switching (ZVS)

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; DIGITAL RADIO; EFFICIENCY; HIGH FREQUENCY AMPLIFIERS; RADIO FREQUENCY AMPLIFIERS; ZERO VOLTAGE SWITCHING;

CLASS E; DESIGN AND SIMULATION; DIGITAL ENVELOPE; PEAK TO AVERAGES; QUADRATURE AMPLITUDE MODULATION SIGNALS; RADIOFREQUENCY SIGNALS; SWITCHING POWER AMPLIFIERS; TRANSFORMER COMBINER;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 77951674115     PISSN: 15497747     EISSN: 15583791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSII.2010.2043399     Document Type: Article

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