A cmos outphasing power amplifier with integrated single-ended chireix combiner

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 411-415

  Lee, Sungho ^a,b   Nam, Sangwook ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Electronic Technology Institute (KETI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) power amplifier (PA); outphasing PA; single ended Chireix combiner

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; CODE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS; DETERIORATION; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; METALS; MOS DEVICES; OXIDE SEMICONDUCTORS;

ADJACENT CHANNEL POWER RATIO; CHIREIX COMBINER; CLASS D POWER AMPLIFIERS; COMPLEMENTARY METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTORS; INDUCTANCE-CAPACITANCE; ON-CHIP IMPLEMENTATIONS; OUTPHASING; WIDEBAND CODE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 77953710810     PISSN: 15497747     EISSN: 15583791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSII.2010.2048353     Document Type: Article

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