High efficiency power amplifier for high frequency radio transmitters

Conference Proceedings - IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition - APEC

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 729-736

  Vasic M ^a   Garcia O ^a   Oliver, J A ^a   Alou, P ^a   Diaz, D ^a   Cobos, J A ^a   Gimeno, A ^a   Pardo, J M ^a   Benavente, C ^a   Ortega, F J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; HIGH FREQUENCY AMPLIFIERS; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; POWER ELECTRONICS; RADIO FREQUENCY AMPLIFIERS; RADIO TRANSMISSION; TRANSMITTERS;

COMMUNICATION SIGNALS; ENVELOPE ELIMINATION AND RESTORATIONS; HIGH EFFICIENCY POWER AMPLIFIERS; HIGH FREQUENCY RADIOS; LINEAR POWER AMPLIFIERS; MULTILEVEL CONVERTER; NONLINEAR AMPLIFIER; PEAK TO AVERAGE POWER RATIO;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 77952152412     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/APEC.2010.5433587     Document Type: Conference Paper

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