A multi-level and multi-band class-D CMOS power amplifier for the LINC system in the cognitive radio application

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 352-354

  Hur, Joonhoi ^a   Lee, Ockgoo ^a   Lee, Chang Ho ^b   Lim, Kyutae ^a   Laskar, Joy ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Samsung Design Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Class D PA; CMOS; Discrete power control; LINC; Power amplifier (PA)

Indexed keywords

3 DB BANDWIDTH; CLASS-D; CLASS-D PA; CMOS; CMOS POWER AMPLIFIERS; CMOS PROCESSS; COGNITIVE RADIO; DRAIN EFFICIENCY; HIGH-POWER; LOW POWER MODES; MULTI-BAND OPERATIONS; MULTI-LEVEL; MULTIBAND; OFDM SIGNAL; PMOS DEVICES;

ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; POWER AMPLIFIERS; POWER CONTROL; RADIO;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 77953123534     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2010.2047532     Document Type: Article

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