A linear multi-mode CMOS power amplifier with discrete resizing and concurrent power combining structure

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1034-1048

  Kim, Jihwan ^a   Yoon, Youngchang ^a   Kim, Hyungwook ^a   An, Kyu Hwan ^c   Kim, Woonyun ^b   Kim, Hyun Woong ^a   Lee, Chang Ho ^b   Kornegay, Kevin T ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Samsung Design Center   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

CMOS; discrete; efficiency enhancement; multi mode; power amplifier; power combining; power control; resizing; transformer

Indexed keywords

CMOS; DISCRETE; EFFICIENCY ENHANCEMENT; MULTIMODES; POWER COMBINING; RESIZING; TRANSFORMER;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; EFFICIENCY; POWER AMPLIFIERS; POWER CONTROL; STANDARDS; WIMAX;

POWER TRANSFORMERS;

EID: 79955623924     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2011.2118010     Document Type: Conference Paper

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