Doherty power amplifiers using 2nd generation HVHBT technology for high efficiency basestation applications

Technical Digest - IEEE Compound Semiconductor Integrated Circuit Symposium, CSIC

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Steinbeiser, Craig ^a   Page, Preston ^a   Landon, Thomas ^a   Burgin, Gary ^a  

^a TRIQUINT SEMICONDUCTOR   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital pre distortion; Doherty; Efficiency; Envelope tracking; GaAs HVHBT; Power amplifier; WCDMA; WiMAX

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL PREDISTORTION; DOHERTY; ENVELOPE TRACKING; GAAS HVHBT; WCDMA;

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); BASE STATIONS; GALLIUM ALLOYS; GALLIUM ARSENIDE; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; LINEARIZATION; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; TECHNOLOGY; WIMAX;

DOHERTY AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 78650135632     PISSN: 15508781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CSICS.2010.5619693     Document Type: Conference Paper

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