HEMT GaAs/GaN power amplifiers architecture with discrete dynamic voltage bias control in envelope tracking RF transmitter for W-CDMA signals

2011 IEEE Radio and Wireless Week, RWW 2011 - 2011 IEEE Topical Conference on Power Amplifiers for Wireless and Radio Applications, PAWR 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 9-12

  Mercanti, Massimiliano ^a   Cidronali, Alessandro ^a   Maurri, Stefano ^a   Manes, Gianfranco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Average efficiency; Dynamic voltage bias control; Envelope tracking; GaN PA

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE EFFICIENCY; BACK-OFF; CDMA SIGNALS; CLASSICAL APPROACH; DISCRETE DYNAMICS; DYNAMIC VOLTAGE BIAS CONTROL; EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT; ENHANCED EFFICIENCY; ENVELOPE TRACKING; GAN PA; LOW POWER; NEW APPROACHES; RF TRANSMITTER; SUPPLY VOLTAGES;

CODE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS; GALLIUM NITRIDE; POWER AMPLIFIERS; TRANSMITTERS;

BIAS VOLTAGE;

EID: 79953060806     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PAWR.2011.5725384     Document Type: Conference Paper

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