A MASH-controlled multilevel power converter for high-efficiency RF transmitters

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1205-1214

  Huang, Hongyun ^a   Bao, Jingfu ^a   Zhang, Liangdian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Envelope tracking (ET); multilevel converter; multistage noise shaping (MASH); switched mode power converter

Indexed keywords

ENVELOPE TRACKING; HIGH EFFICIENCY; INPUT SIGNAL; INSTANTANEOUS POWER; MULTILEVEL CONVERTER; NOISE-SHAPING; OVERALL EFFICIENCY; RF POWER AMPLIFIERS; RF TRANSMITTER; SWITCHED-MODE; TRANSMITTER ARCHITECTURE; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM;

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; LOW PASS FILTERS; MODULATION; POWER AMPLIFIERS; POWER CONVERTERS; TRANSMITTERS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EFFICIENCY;

EID: 79958804953     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2010.2073721     Document Type: Article

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