Envelope tracking power amplifiers with reduced peak-to-average power ratio RF input signals

2010 IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium, RWW 2010 - Paper Digest

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 112-115

  Jeong, Jinseong ^a   Kimball, Donald F ^a,b   Kwak, Myoungbo ^a   Draxler, Paul ^a,c   Asbeck, Peter M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c QUALCOMM INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Driver amplifier; Envelope tracking; Gain compression; Peak to average power ratio reduction; Power amplifier

Indexed keywords

DRIVER AMPLIFIER; ENVELOPE TRACKING; GAIN COMPRESSION; PEAK-TO-AVERAGE POWER RATIO REDUCTION; PEAK-TO-AVERAGE POWER RATIO REDUCTIONS;

FREQUENCY ALLOCATION; MODULATION;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 77952327075     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/RWS.2010.5434221     Document Type: Conference Paper

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