Green power amplification systems for 3G+ wireless communication infrastructure

IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Hammi, Oualid ^a   Kwan, Andrew ^b   Helaoui, Mohamed ^b   Ghannouchi, Fadhel M ^b  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Digital predistortion; Doherty amplifier; Drain modulation; Efficiency; Feedforward; Green radio; LINC; Load modulation; Nonlinearity; Power amplifier; Wideband

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL PREDISTORTION; DOHERTY; DRAIN MODULATION; FEED-FORWARD; GREEN RADIO; LINC; LOAD MODULATION; NON-LINEARITY; WIDE-BAND;

AMPLIFICATION; BANDWIDTH; BROADBAND AMPLIFIERS; DIGITAL RADIO; MODULATION; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

DOHERTY AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 78649406624     PISSN: 15502252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/VETECF.2010.5594391     Document Type: Conference Paper

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