System considerations for efficient and linear supply modulated RF transmitters

2010 IEEE 12th Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics, COMPEL 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Hoversten, John ^a   Popović, Zoya ^a  

^a University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC POWER; ENVELOPE TRACKING; GHZ BAND; LINEAR SUPPLIES; NEW SYSTEM; OPTIMAL DESIGN; PA CHARACTERIZATIONS; PROOF OF CONCEPT; RF TRANSMITTER; SYSTEM MEASUREMENT; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS;

POWER AMPLIFIERS; POWER ELECTRONICS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

TRANSMITTERS;

EID: 77957997712     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/COMPEL.2010.5562411     Document Type: Conference Paper

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