A two-phase switching hybrid supply modulator for RF power amplifiers with 9% efficiency improvement

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2543-2556

  Wu, Patrick Y ^a,b   Mok, Philip K T ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b ViXS Systems Hong Kong Limited   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Class AB; current sharing; envelope tracking; polar transmitter; power amplifier; pulse width modulation (PWM); supply modulator

Indexed keywords

CLASS-AB; CURRENT-SHARING; ENVELOPE TRACKING; POLAR TRANSMITTER; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION (PWM); SUPPLY MODULATOR;

BANDPASS FILTERS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC INDUCTORS; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; MODULATORS; POWER AMPLIFIERS; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; SWITCHING; TRANSMITTERS;

BROADBAND AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 78650059699     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2010.2076510     Document Type: Conference Paper

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